πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
12/3 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2Maya has 15 stickers and puts 1/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
32/5 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
43/4 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5There are 20 students in the school band. 1/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
61/2 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7A farm has 42 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
84/5 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
93/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
101/4 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
111/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12A farm has 40 chickens. 3/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2/9 of the garden
- 2. 5 stickers
- 3. 1/5 of the garden
- 4. 1/2 of the garden
- 5. 5 students
- 6. 1/3 of the garden
- 7. 35 chickens
- 8. 1/5 of the garden
- 9. 9/16 of the garden
- 10. 1/6 of the garden
- 11. 5/24 of the garden
- 12. 30 chickens
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