πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Leo builds is 1 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
24/5 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3Zoe's garden is 2 2/3 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
4Each shelf Priya builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Each shelf Maya builds is 2 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
63/5 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Each shelf Lily builds is 2 4/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Sam's garden is 1 3/4 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
9Each shelf Zoe builds is 2 3/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
103/4 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
11Each shelf Zoe builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Lily's garden is 2 1/2 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 25/3 feet
- 2. 8/15 of the garden
- 3. 2 square meters
- 4. 8/3 feet
- 5. 36/5 feet
- 6. 1/5 of the garden
- 7. 14 feet
- 8. 2 11/12 square meters
- 9. 52/5 feet
- 10. 1/4 of the garden
- 11. 15/2 feet
- 12. 5/6 square meters
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