πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya's garden is 2 1/3 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
2Each shelf Omar builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
31/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
4Zoe's garden is 2 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
54/5 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
62/3 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Each shelf Zoe builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Each shelf Priya builds is 1 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Each shelf Omar builds is 1 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
101/3 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
112/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Sam's garden is 2 1/4 meters long and 1 1/2 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. 7/9 square meters
- 2. 7 feet
- 3. 1/6 of the garden
- 4. 4 3/8 square meters
- 5. 8/15 of the garden
- 6. 2/9 of the garden
- 7. 20/3 feet
- 8. 6 feet
- 9. 12/5 feet
- 10. 1/9 of the garden
- 11. 1/6 of the garden
- 12. 3 3/8 square meters
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