πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Lily builds is 2 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Each shelf Omar builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Each shelf Aiden builds is 1 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Aiden's garden is 2 2/3 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
52/3 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
6Each shelf Zoe builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Each shelf Lily builds is 1 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Each shelf Sam builds is 1 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Each shelf Priya builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Maya's garden is 1 1/3 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
11Omar's garden is 1 2/3 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
12Each shelf Sam builds is 2 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 48/5 feet
- 2. 14 feet
- 3. 18/5 feet
- 4. 4 square meters
- 5. 2/9 of the garden
- 6. 7 feet
- 7. 10/3 feet
- 8. 15/4 feet
- 9. 3 feet
- 10. 2 2/9 square meters
- 11. 2 1/2 square meters
- 12. 28/3 feet
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