πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 35 chickens. 2/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
2There are 20 students in the school band. 1/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
33/4 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
41/2 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
51/3 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
63/4 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7A farm has 40 chickens. 3/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
82/3 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
9There are 45 students in the school band. 4/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
10A farm has 32 chickens. 3/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
11Zoe has 48 stickers and puts 3/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
121/2 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 14 chickens
- 2. 5 students
- 3. 3/8 of the garden
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 2/9 of the garden
- 6. 5/8 of the garden
- 7. 30 chickens
- 8. 1/9 of the garden
- 9. 36 students
- 10. 12 chickens
- 11. 18 stickers
- 12. 1/6 of the garden
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