πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
12/3 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2A farm has 30 chickens. 2/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
3A farm has 18 chickens. 1/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
41/2 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
51/5 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
61/4 of Zoe'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 27 chickens. 1/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
81/4 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
93/5 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10Lily has 30 stickers and puts 4/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
112/4 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12A farm has 20 chickens. 1/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/3 of the garden
- 2. 12 chickens
- 3. 3 chickens
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 2/15 of the garden
- 6. 1/6 of the garden
- 7. 9 chickens
- 8. 1/8 of the garden
- 9. 3/10 of the garden
- 10. 24 stickers
- 11. 1/8 of the garden
- 12. 4 chickens
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