πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/3 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
21/3 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3Aiden's garden is 2 1/2 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
41/2 of Priya'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 16 chickens. 3/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
61/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Maya's garden is 1 1/3 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
8There are 44 students in the school band. 3/4 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
94/5 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
101/4 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11Maya has 40 stickers and puts 3/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
12Omar's garden is 2 1/2 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. 1/9 of the garden
- 2. 1/12 of the garden
- 3. 5/6 square meters
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 12 chickens
- 6. 3/20 of the garden
- 7. 2 square meters
- 8. 33 students
- 9. 2/5 of the garden
- 10. 1/12 of the garden
- 11. 15 stickers
- 12. 5/8 square meters
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/5th-grade/word-fraction-multiply