πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
12/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2Aiden's garden is 1 1/2 meters long and 1 3/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Each shelf Omar builds is 3 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
41/2 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5Maya's garden is 1 1/3 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
6Each shelf Omar builds is 3 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Each shelf Omar builds is 3 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
82/3 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
93/4 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
10Each shelf Maya builds is 1 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
111/4 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Lily's garden is 2 1/4 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/4 of the garden
- 2. 2 5/8 square meters
- 3. 75/4 feet
- 4. 1/6 of the garden
- 5. 1 square meters
- 6. 14 feet
- 7. 20/3 feet
- 8. 1/3 of the garden
- 9. 3/8 of the garden
- 10. 3 feet
- 11. 1/12 of the garden
- 12. 3 3/4 square meters
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