πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam'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
2Each shelf Priya builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Each shelf Sam builds is 1 4/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Each shelf Aiden builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Priya's garden is 2 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
6Each shelf Maya builds is 3 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
71/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Each shelf Sam builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Each shelf Maya builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Each shelf Maya builds is 2 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
113/5 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
121/3 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2/3 square meters
- 2. 15/2 feet
- 3. 27/5 feet
- 4. 9/2 feet
- 5. 4 4/9 square meters
- 6. 21/2 feet
- 7. 1/16 of the garden
- 8. 6 feet
- 9. 5 feet
- 10. 10 feet
- 11. 3/10 of the garden
- 12. 1/6 of the garden
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