πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 12 chickens. 3/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
21/4 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
31/2 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
41/3 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
52/3 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
6Omar has 36 stickers and puts 1/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
71/2 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
81/2 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
9Lily's garden is 2 3/4 meters long and 1/4 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10There are 42 students in the school band. 2/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
111/3 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
12Zoe has 45 stickers and puts 1/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 9 chickens
- 2. 1/16 of the garden
- 3. 1/4 of the garden
- 4. 1/6 of the garden
- 5. 1/3 of the garden
- 6. 12 stickers
- 7. 1/3 of the garden
- 8. 3/8 of the garden
- 9. 11/16 square meters
- 10. 28 students
- 11. 1/4 of the garden
- 12. 9 stickers
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