πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/3 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
21/3 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
32/5 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
4A farm has 12 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
5A farm has 32 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
6Maya has 35 stickers and puts 1/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
7Zoe has 48 stickers and puts 5/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
8A farm has 36 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
93/5 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
10A farm has 10 chickens. 2/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
111/3 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
12There are 28 students in the school band. 3/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/4 of the garden
- 2. 1/6 of the garden
- 3. 1/3 of the garden
- 4. 10 chickens
- 5. 20 chickens
- 6. 7 stickers
- 7. 40 stickers
- 8. 30 chickens
- 9. 3/10 of the garden
- 10. 4 chickens
- 11. 2/9 of the garden
- 12. 21 students
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