πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 48 chickens. 1/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
2Leo's garden is 2 3/4 meters long and 3/4 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
31/3 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
4There are 45 students in the school band. 2/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
51/3 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
63/4 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7A farm has 36 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
8There are 15 students in the school band. 2/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
9A farm has 45 chickens. 1/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
10Sam has 35 stickers and puts 1/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11Omar'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
122/4 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 6 chickens
- 2. 2 1/16 square meters
- 3. 1/6 of the garden
- 4. 18 students
- 5. 1/6 of the garden
- 6. 3/16 of the garden
- 7. 24 chickens
- 8. 6 students
- 9. 15 chickens
- 10. 7 stickers
- 11. 1 1/4 square meters
- 12. 1/4 of the garden
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