πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 28 chickens. 3/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
2A farm has 24 chickens. 2/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
3Sam's garden is 2 1/3 meters long and 1 1/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
4A farm has 20 chickens. 4/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
5A farm has 36 chickens. 5/6 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
63/5 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
72/4 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
8Sam's garden is 1 1/3 meters long and 3/4 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9Leo's garden is 2 2/3 meters long and 1/2 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10Sam has 45 stickers and puts 2/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11There are 32 students in the school band. 5/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
121/2 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 21 chickens
- 2. 16 chickens
- 3. 2 11/12 square meters
- 4. 16 chickens
- 5. 30 chickens
- 6. 3/10 of the garden
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 1 square meters
- 9. 1 1/3 square meters
- 10. 30 stickers
- 11. 20 students
- 12. 1/8 of the garden
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