πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 10 chickens. 4/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
2A farm has 45 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
3A farm has 36 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
4Omar has 12 stickers and puts 1/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5Zoe'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
61/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
71/2 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Zoe's garden is 1 1/2 meters long and 1 1/2 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
92/3 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
102/3 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
112/5 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Leo's garden is 2 1/4 meters long and 1 1/4 meters 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. 8 chickens
- 2. 30 chickens
- 3. 24 chickens
- 4. 2 stickers
- 5. 5/6 square meters
- 6. 1/12 of the garden
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 2 1/4 square meters
- 9. 4/9 of the garden
- 10. 1/3 of the garden
- 11. 3/10 of the garden
- 12. 2 13/16 square meters
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