πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya's garden is 1 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
21/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
32/3 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
4Maya's garden is 1 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
5Maya's garden is 2 1/3 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
6Lily's garden is 1 1/4 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
7Each shelf Priya builds is 3 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Each shelf Zoe builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Lily's garden is 1 2/3 meters long and 1 2/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
101/2 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
11Each shelf Lily builds is 3 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Each shelf Maya builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 5/12 square meters
- 2. 1/6 of the garden
- 3. 1/3 of the garden
- 4. 1 5/16 square meters
- 5. 7/12 square meters
- 6. 5/12 square meters
- 7. 34/5 feet
- 8. 15/2 feet
- 9. 2 7/9 square meters
- 10. 1/4 of the garden
- 11. 22/3 feet
- 12. 4 feet
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