πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya's garden is 1 1/3 meters long and 1 1/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Each shelf Aiden builds is 2 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Each shelf Zoe builds is 3 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Each shelf Zoe builds is 2 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Sam's garden is 1 1/2 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
6Each shelf Omar builds is 3 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Zoe's garden is 1 1/4 meters long and 1 1/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
83/5 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
91/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10Each shelf Maya builds is 1 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Priya'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
121/2 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1 2/3 square meters
- 2. 9 feet
- 3. 20/3 feet
- 4. 8 feet
- 5. 3/8 square meters
- 6. 75/4 feet
- 7. 1 9/16 square meters
- 8. 9/20 of the garden
- 9. 1/6 of the garden
- 10. 5 feet
- 11. 2 1/16 square meters
- 12. 1/8 of the garden
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