πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/5 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2Sam has 18 stickers and puts 1/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
3Aiden has 36 stickers and puts 3/4 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
43/4 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
5Maya has 32 stickers and puts 7/8 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6A farm has 18 chickens. 1/3 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
7Maya has 36 stickers and puts 5/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
81/2 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
9A farm has 16 chickens. 3/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
10Sam'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
11Maya's garden is 1 1/3 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
12There are 24 students in the school band. 5/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2/15 of the garden
- 2. 3 stickers
- 3. 27 stickers
- 4. 3/8 of the garden
- 5. 28 stickers
- 6. 6 chickens
- 7. 30 stickers
- 8. 1/4 of the garden
- 9. 6 chickens
- 10. 4 3/8 square meters
- 11. 2/3 square meters
- 12. 15 students
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