πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/5 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
2Priya's garden is 1 1/3 meters long and 1 1/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Zoe's garden is 2 2/3 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
4Zoe'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
5Each shelf Zoe builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Each shelf Priya builds is 2 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Each shelf Zoe builds is 3 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Each shelf Aiden builds is 2 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Each shelf Leo builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Each shelf Priya builds is 3 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Omar's garden is 1 1/2 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
12Each shelf Zoe builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/10 of the garden
- 2. 1 7/9 square meters
- 3. 1 7/9 square meters
- 4. 7/16 square meters
- 5. 15/2 feet
- 6. 48/5 feet
- 7. 22/3 feet
- 8. 11 feet
- 9. 15/2 feet
- 10. 15/2 feet
- 11. 3/4 square meters
- 12. 21/2 feet
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