πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe has 30 stickers and puts 1/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
2A farm has 32 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
3There are 48 students in the school band. 3/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
41/3 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
51/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
6Aiden has 32 stickers and puts 5/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
7A farm has 20 chickens. 2/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
8Leo has 40 stickers and puts 2/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
9Sam has 12 stickers and puts 1/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
101/2 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
114/5 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
122/3 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 5 stickers
- 2. 20 chickens
- 3. 18 students
- 4. 5/18 of the garden
- 5. 1/4 of the garden
- 6. 20 stickers
- 7. 8 chickens
- 8. 16 stickers
- 9. 2 stickers
- 10. 5/12 of the garden
- 11. 8/15 of the garden
- 12. 1/3 of the garden
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