πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 40 chickens. 4/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
22/3 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
33/4 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
42/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5A farm has 18 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
6There are 48 students in the school band. 3/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
7There are 36 students in the school band. 5/6 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
8There are 15 students in the school band. 4/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
9Maya has 28 stickers and puts 1/4 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
10Maya has 30 stickers and puts 5/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
112/3 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
12A farm has 40 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 32 chickens
- 2. 1/2 of the garden
- 3. 3/8 of the garden
- 4. 1/3 of the garden
- 5. 15 chickens
- 6. 36 students
- 7. 30 students
- 8. 12 students
- 9. 7 stickers
- 10. 25 stickers
- 11. 1/9 of the garden
- 12. 25 chickens
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