πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/4 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2Sam has 15 stickers and puts 3/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
3A farm has 40 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
4A farm has 12 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
5Zoe's garden is 1 2/3 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
6Sam's garden is 2 1/3 meters long and 1 3/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
71/3 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8There are 42 students in the school band. 5/6 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
91/5 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
103/4 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
112/5 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
12A farm has 16 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/8 of the garden
- 2. 9 stickers
- 3. 25 chickens
- 4. 10 chickens
- 5. 2 2/9 square meters
- 6. 4 1/12 square meters
- 7. 2/9 of the garden
- 8. 35 students
- 9. 1/10 of the garden
- 10. 5/8 of the garden
- 11. 2/15 of the garden
- 12. 10 chickens
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