πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya has 45 stickers and puts 2/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
2Omar's garden is 2 3/4 meters long and 2/3 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Priya's garden is 2 3/4 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
43/4 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
52/3 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
6Omar's garden is 1 3/4 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
7Aiden's garden is 1 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
8Maya's garden is 2 1/4 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
9Leo's garden is 2 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
10A farm has 16 chickens. 1/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
11Lily has 27 stickers and puts 1/3 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
12There are 24 students in the school band. 1/6 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 30 stickers
- 2. 1 5/6 square meters
- 3. 2 1/16 square meters
- 4. 3/8 of the garden
- 5. 1/2 of the garden
- 6. 7/8 square meters
- 7. 7/16 square meters
- 8. 3 3/8 square meters
- 9. 3 1/2 square meters
- 10. 2 chickens
- 11. 9 stickers
- 12. 4 students
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