πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 24 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
21/2 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
32/3 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
41/2 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
5There are 8 students in the school band. 3/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
64/5 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
71/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
83/5 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
9A farm has 20 chickens. 1/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
101/3 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
11There are 35 students in the school band. 4/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
12Priya's garden is 2 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 6 chickens
- 2. 1/3 of the garden
- 3. 2/9 of the garden
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 6 students
- 6. 3/5 of the garden
- 7. 1/12 of the garden
- 8. 3/10 of the garden
- 9. 4 chickens
- 10. 1/6 of the garden
- 11. 28 students
- 12. 1 1/4 square meters
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