πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
12/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2There are 36 students in the school band. 1/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
3There are 30 students in the school band. 2/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
4A farm has 45 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
52/4 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
6Aiden has 24 stickers and puts 1/4 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
72/3 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
81/2 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
9There are 40 students in the school band. 5/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
101/2 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
111/2 of Maya'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 12 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/5 of the garden
- 2. 12 students
- 3. 12 students
- 4. 30 chickens
- 5. 1/4 of the garden
- 6. 6 stickers
- 7. 1/6 of the garden
- 8. 1/4 of the garden
- 9. 25 students
- 10. 3/8 of the garden
- 11. 5/12 of the garden
- 12. 3 chickens
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