πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1There are 32 students in the school band. 3/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
2Leo's garden is 2 1/2 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
3Maya has 32 stickers and puts 7/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
42/4 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
5A farm has 27 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
6Sam'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
71/3 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8There are 48 students in the school band. 5/6 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
92/3 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10There are 15 students in the school band. 1/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
113/4 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Omar's garden is 2 1/3 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. 12 students
- 2. 4 3/8 square meters
- 3. 28 stickers
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 18 chickens
- 6. 2 1/4 square meters
- 7. 1/6 of the garden
- 8. 40 students
- 9. 4/9 of the garden
- 10. 5 students
- 11. 1/8 of the garden
- 12. 7/9 square meters
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