πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/4 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2There are 15 students in the school band. 2/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
3Aiden's garden is 1 3/4 meters long and 1 1/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
41/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5Aiden's garden is 1 1/2 meters long and 1 1/2 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6Aiden has 42 stickers and puts 5/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
71/2 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
8There are 10 students in the school band. 3/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
9A farm has 24 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
102/4 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
11Omar's garden is 1 2/3 meters long and 2/3 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12There are 36 students in the school band. 1/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 3/16 of the garden
- 2. 10 students
- 3. 2 1/3 square meters
- 4. 3/8 of the garden
- 5. 2 1/4 square meters
- 6. 35 stickers
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 6 students
- 9. 20 chickens
- 10. 1/4 of the garden
- 11. 1 1/9 square meters
- 12. 12 students
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