πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Maya builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
22/3 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3Maya's garden is 1 3/4 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
42/4 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5Each shelf Priya builds is 2 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
64/5 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Each shelf Leo builds is 1 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
82/3 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/6 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. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10Each shelf Aiden builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Each shelf Lily builds is 2 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
124/5 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 8/3 feet
- 2. 2/9 of the garden
- 3. 2 3/16 square meters
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 5 feet
- 6. 2/5 of the garden
- 7. 5 feet
- 8. 1/9 of the garden
- 9. 1/4 of the garden
- 10. 7 feet
- 11. 28/3 feet
- 12. 4/15 of the garden
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