πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
13/5 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
22/3 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
3A farm has 20 chickens. 3/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
4There are 28 students in the school band. 1/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
5There are 15 students in the school band. 4/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
64/5 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
71/3 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
8There are 8 students in the school band. 3/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
9Aiden's garden is 1 1/4 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
10Priya has 12 stickers and puts 1/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11A farm has 48 chickens. 1/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
12Leo's garden is 1 2/3 meters long and 1/3 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. 9/20 of the garden
- 2. 1/3 of the garden
- 3. 12 chickens
- 4. 7 students
- 5. 12 students
- 6. 2/5 of the garden
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 6 students
- 9. 1 7/8 square meters
- 10. 2 stickers
- 11. 8 chickens
- 12. 5/9 square meters
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