πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 45 chickens. 2/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
2A farm has 9 chickens. 1/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
3Sam has 24 stickers and puts 5/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
4There are 30 students in the school band. 1/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
5A farm has 35 chickens. 2/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
61/2 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
73/4 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
81/3 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
91/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
101/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11Priya has 35 stickers and puts 3/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
12A farm has 40 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 18 chickens
- 2. 3 chickens
- 3. 15 stickers
- 4. 10 students
- 5. 14 chickens
- 6. 1/3 of the garden
- 7. 3/16 of the garden
- 8. 2/9 of the garden
- 9. 1/12 of the garden
- 10. 1/6 of the garden
- 11. 21 stickers
- 12. 10 chickens
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