πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Priya builds is 3 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Each shelf Omar builds is 2 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Each shelf Omar builds is 1 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Each shelf Priya builds is 1 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Priya's garden is 2 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
6Sam's garden is 1 1/2 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
7Each shelf Aiden builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Aiden's garden is 1 1/2 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
92/3 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
10Each shelf Maya builds is 1 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Sam's garden is 1 1/2 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
121/5 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 39/4 feet
- 2. 12 feet
- 3. 25/3 feet
- 4. 6 feet
- 5. 1 5/6 square meters
- 6. 2 1/2 square meters
- 7. 25/2 feet
- 8. 3/4 square meters
- 9. 2/9 of the garden
- 10. 5 feet
- 11. 1 1/8 square meters
- 12. 3/20 of the garden
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