πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
12/3 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
21/3 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3A farm has 21 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
42/5 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
52/5 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
6There are 20 students in the school band. 1/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
71/3 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
8There are 30 students in the school band. 1/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
9Priya has 48 stickers and puts 3/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
101/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11A farm has 48 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
12There are 42 students in the school band. 1/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2/9 of the garden
- 2. 2/9 of the garden
- 3. 14 chickens
- 4. 1/5 of the garden
- 5. 3/10 of the garden
- 6. 5 students
- 7. 1/6 of the garden
- 8. 10 students
- 9. 18 stickers
- 10. 1/4 of the garden
- 11. 40 chickens
- 12. 14 students
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