πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2Priya's garden is 1 1/2 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
3Each shelf Leo builds is 3 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Each shelf Sam builds is 3 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Each shelf Leo builds is 2 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Each shelf Lily builds is 1 3/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Each shelf Omar builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Leo's garden is 1 3/4 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
9Each shelf Lily builds is 3 3/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
101/2 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11Maya's garden is 1 1/2 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
12Lily's garden is 2 1/4 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/4 of the garden
- 2. 1/2 square meters
- 3. 14 feet
- 4. 48/5 feet
- 5. 5 feet
- 6. 16/5 feet
- 7. 15/2 feet
- 8. 1 1/6 square meters
- 9. 18 feet
- 10. 1/4 of the garden
- 11. 1 7/8 square meters
- 12. 1 1/8 square meters
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