πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Lily builds is 1 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
23/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
32/3 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
43/5 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
5Lily's garden is 1 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
6Aiden's garden is 2 1/3 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
7Each shelf Aiden builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Aiden's garden is 2 3/4 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
9Maya's garden is 1 3/4 meters long and 1/4 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
10A recipe uses 1 4/5 cups of flour. Aiden makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
11Lily's garden is 1 1/3 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
12A recipe uses 2 1/4 cups of flour. Maya makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 18/5 feet
- 2. 2/5 of the garden
- 3. 1/3 of the garden
- 4. 9/20 of the garden
- 5. 5/9 square meters
- 6. 1 3/4 square meters
- 7. 6 feet
- 8. 2 1/16 square meters
- 9. 7/16 square meters
- 10. 9/10 cups
- 11. 8/9 square meters
- 12. 1 1/8 cups
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