πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Lily builds is 2 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Each shelf Aiden builds is 1 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Each shelf Sam builds is 1 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Each shelf Aiden builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Each shelf Omar builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Leo's garden is 2 3/4 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
71/2 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Sam's garden is 1 1/3 meters long and 1 1/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9Each shelf Sam builds is 2 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Each shelf Leo builds is 1 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Sam's garden is 2 2/3 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
12Each shelf Maya builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 8 feet
- 2. 35/4 feet
- 3. 9/2 feet
- 4. 35/2 feet
- 5. 3 feet
- 6. 4 1/8 square meters
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 1 7/9 square meters
- 9. 25/2 feet
- 10. 21/4 feet
- 11. 8/9 square meters
- 12. 8/3 feet
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