πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Leo builds is 2 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Each shelf Maya builds is 1 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Each shelf Aiden builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Each shelf Zoe builds is 2 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Each shelf Omar builds is 1 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
63/5 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Each shelf Sam builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Each shelf Zoe builds is 2 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Each shelf Sam builds is 3 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
101/2 of Zoe'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 Omar builds is 1 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
121/2 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 7 feet
- 2. 21/4 feet
- 3. 10 feet
- 4. 22/5 feet
- 5. 7 feet
- 6. 3/20 of the garden
- 7. 35/2 feet
- 8. 7 feet
- 9. 34/5 feet
- 10. 1/6 of the garden
- 11. 7/2 feet
- 12. 1/4 of the garden
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