πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/3 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
2Maya has 16 stickers and puts 1/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
31/2 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
4Priya has 48 stickers and puts 2/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5A farm has 30 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
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
71/3 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
81/3 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
92/3 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10A farm has 40 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
11A farm has 15 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
12There are 30 students in the school band. 2/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 5/18 of the garden
- 2. 2 stickers
- 3. 1/3 of the garden
- 4. 32 stickers
- 5. 25 chickens
- 6. 1/8 of the garden
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 1/9 of the garden
- 9. 1/9 of the garden
- 10. 10 chickens
- 11. 10 chickens
- 12. 12 students
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