πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 44 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
22/3 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3Omar's garden is 1 1/4 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
4Zoe's garden is 1 3/4 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
5Leo has 42 stickers and puts 2/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6Lily's garden is 2 3/4 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
7A farm has 42 chickens. 1/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
8Leo's garden is 1 1/3 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
9A farm has 48 chickens. 5/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
101/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11Sam's garden is 2 1/3 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
12A farm has 40 chickens. 3/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 11 chickens
- 2. 1/3 of the garden
- 3. 5/6 square meters
- 4. 2 1/3 square meters
- 5. 28 stickers
- 6. 4 13/16 square meters
- 7. 7 chickens
- 8. 1 7/9 square meters
- 9. 30 chickens
- 10. 1/6 of the garden
- 11. 1 1/6 square meters
- 12. 30 chickens
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