πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily has 33 stickers and puts 1/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
21/2 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
3Aiden has 16 stickers and puts 1/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
41/5 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
5There are 16 students in the school band. 3/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
63/5 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7A farm has 24 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
8There are 36 students in the school band. 2/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
91/2 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
101/5 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
111/2 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
124/5 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 11 stickers
- 2. 1/4 of the garden
- 3. 2 stickers
- 4. 1/10 of the garden
- 5. 12 students
- 6. 3/10 of the garden
- 7. 15 chickens
- 8. 24 students
- 9. 1/4 of the garden
- 10. 1/10 of the garden
- 11. 1/4 of the garden
- 12. 2/5 of the garden
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