πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 40 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
24/5 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
32/4 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
41/4 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 3/6 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. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
6There are 12 students in the school band. 3/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
7Priya has 40 stickers and puts 1/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
8There are 8 students in the school band. 3/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
9A farm has 12 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
101/3 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
11A farm has 32 chickens. 3/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
12There are 30 students in the school band. 2/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 25 chickens
- 2. 4/15 of the garden
- 3. 1/6 of the garden
- 4. 1/8 of the garden
- 5. 1/3 of the garden
- 6. 9 students
- 7. 8 stickers
- 8. 6 students
- 9. 3 chickens
- 10. 1/6 of the garden
- 11. 12 chickens
- 12. 20 students
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