πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 27 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
2Priya'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
3Omar has 16 stickers and puts 7/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
41/5 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
51/2 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
61/2 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
72/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Priya has 12 stickers and puts 2/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
92/5 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10Sam has 24 stickers and puts 1/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11A farm has 35 chickens. 2/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
12Aiden's garden is 2 2/3 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 18 chickens
- 2. 4 13/16 square meters
- 3. 14 stickers
- 4. 1/15 of the garden
- 5. 1/4 of the garden
- 6. 1/4 of the garden
- 7. 1/12 of the garden
- 8. 8 stickers
- 9. 1/3 of the garden
- 10. 3 stickers
- 11. 14 chickens
- 12. 2/3 square meters
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