πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 32 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
21/2 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
3Zoe has 42 stickers and puts 2/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
4Maya has 48 stickers and puts 3/4 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
51/2 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
6Leo has 20 stickers and puts 3/4 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
71/5 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8A farm has 12 chickens. 1/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
91/3 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10A farm has 16 chickens. 3/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
114/5 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
12A farm has 40 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 20 chickens
- 2. 1/4 of the garden
- 3. 28 stickers
- 4. 36 stickers
- 5. 1/6 of the garden
- 6. 15 stickers
- 7. 1/10 of the garden
- 8. 2 chickens
- 9. 1/9 of the garden
- 10. 12 chickens
- 11. 2/5 of the garden
- 12. 25 chickens
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