πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2Omar'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
3There are 18 students in the school band. 5/6 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
4Leo's garden is 1 1/3 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
51/3 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
6Leo has 48 stickers and puts 1/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
73/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Sam's garden is 2 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
9Priya's garden is 1 1/3 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
10A farm has 45 chickens. 1/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
11There are 24 students in the school band. 5/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
122/4 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/3 of the garden
- 2. 3/4 square meters
- 3. 15 students
- 4. 4/9 square meters
- 5. 1/6 of the garden
- 6. 8 stickers
- 7. 1/2 of the garden
- 8. 1 7/9 square meters
- 9. 2 square meters
- 10. 15 chickens
- 11. 15 students
- 12. 1/4 of the garden
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