πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 18 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
2Priya's garden is 1 1/4 meters long and 1 1/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
33/4 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
44/5 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
5A farm has 36 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
6There are 48 students in the school band. 2/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
71/2 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
81/2 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
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
10Maya's garden is 2 3/4 meters long and 1/2 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
111/2 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
12Maya's garden is 1 3/4 meters long and 1 1/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 15 chickens
- 2. 1 9/16 square meters
- 3. 1/4 of the garden
- 4. 2/5 of the garden
- 5. 9 chickens
- 6. 32 students
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 1/6 of the garden
- 9. 1/4 of the garden
- 10. 1 3/8 square meters
- 11. 1/6 of the garden
- 12. 2 3/16 square meters
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