πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 8 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
22/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3Priya has 36 stickers and puts 5/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
41/5 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
52/3 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
61/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
71/2 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
81/3 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
94/5 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
103/5 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
11There are 20 students in the school band. 1/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
12Priya has 24 stickers and puts 2/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2 chickens
- 2. 1/4 of the garden
- 3. 30 stickers
- 4. 3/20 of the garden
- 5. 2/9 of the garden
- 6. 1/4 of the garden
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 1/6 of the garden
- 9. 8/15 of the garden
- 10. 2/5 of the garden
- 11. 4 students
- 12. 16 stickers
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