πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 35 chickens. 3/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
2A farm has 40 chickens. 1/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
3A farm has 20 chickens. 4/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
42/3 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5Omar has 45 stickers and puts 4/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6Zoe has 30 stickers and puts 2/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
7Leo's garden is 2 1/3 meters long and 1 3/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
81/2 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
91/2 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
10Aiden's garden is 2 1/4 meters long and 1 1/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
113/4 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
12A farm has 18 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 21 chickens
- 2. 5 chickens
- 3. 16 chickens
- 4. 2/9 of the garden
- 5. 36 stickers
- 6. 12 stickers
- 7. 4 1/12 square meters
- 8. 1/12 of the garden
- 9. 1/4 of the garden
- 10. 3 square meters
- 11. 3/8 of the garden
- 12. 15 chickens
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