πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 48 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
21/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
34/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
41/3 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5There are 48 students in the school band. 7/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
61/4 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7A farm has 16 chickens. 1/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
8A farm has 45 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
9Priya has 36 stickers and puts 5/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
101/5 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11There are 16 students in the school band. 5/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
121/5 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 12 chickens
- 2. 1/6 of the garden
- 3. 2/15 of the garden
- 4. 1/9 of the garden
- 5. 42 students
- 6. 1/8 of the garden
- 7. 2 chickens
- 8. 30 chickens
- 9. 30 stickers
- 10. 1/10 of the garden
- 11. 10 students
- 12. 2/15 of the garden
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