πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya has 16 stickers and puts 1/4 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
2A farm has 40 chickens. 3/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
3Lily has 20 stickers and puts 4/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
4There are 48 students in the school band. 5/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
5There are 39 students in the school band. 1/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
61/2 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
7Omar has 42 stickers and puts 1/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
8Zoe's garden is 1 1/2 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
91/3 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
101/2 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
111/2 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Priya'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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 4 stickers
- 2. 24 chickens
- 3. 16 stickers
- 4. 30 students
- 5. 13 students
- 6. 1/4 of the garden
- 7. 7 stickers
- 8. 1 square meters
- 9. 1/4 of the garden
- 10. 1/8 of the garden
- 11. 1/4 of the garden
- 12. 1/2 square meters
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