πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/3 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2There are 27 students in the school band. 2/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
3A farm has 32 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
4Leo's garden is 2 2/3 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
51/3 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
6Zoe's garden is 2 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
7Zoe's garden is 1 1/2 meters long and 1/3 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
82/3 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
9There are 25 students in the school band. 1/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
103/4 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
11Zoe's garden is 1 1/4 meters long and 1/3 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
12There are 10 students in the school band. 3/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/18 of the garden
- 2. 18 students
- 3. 20 chickens
- 4. 3 1/3 square meters
- 5. 1/18 of the garden
- 6. 3 3/4 square meters
- 7. 1/2 square meters
- 8. 2/9 of the garden
- 9. 5 students
- 10. 1/4 of the garden
- 11. 5/12 square meters
- 12. 6 students
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