πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily has 8 stickers and puts 1/4 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
2A farm has 48 chickens. 7/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
31/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
41/2 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
5There are 28 students in the school band. 1/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
63/4 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Sam's garden is 1 1/2 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
81/2 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
92/4 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10Omar's garden is 1 3/4 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
111/3 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Lily's garden is 1 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2 stickers
- 2. 42 chickens
- 3. 1/4 of the garden
- 4. 1/6 of the garden
- 5. 7 students
- 6. 3/8 of the garden
- 7. 3/4 square meters
- 8. 1/3 of the garden
- 9. 1/3 of the garden
- 10. 7/12 square meters
- 11. 1/12 of the garden
- 12. 2 1/12 square meters
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