πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/2 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
22/5 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3There are 32 students in the school band. 7/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
41/2 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
5Lily has 45 stickers and puts 4/5 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
61/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7A farm has 12 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
83/5 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
9Zoe's garden is 2 3/4 meters long and 1/4 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
102/3 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
111/2 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
12There are 35 students in the school band. 1/5 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/4 of the garden
- 2. 2/15 of the garden
- 3. 28 students
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 36 stickers
- 6. 1/3 of the garden
- 7. 3 chickens
- 8. 1/5 of the garden
- 9. 11/16 square meters
- 10. 1/3 of the garden
- 11. 1/4 of the garden
- 12. 7 students
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