πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Maya builds is 3 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Maya's garden is 1 1/4 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
3A recipe uses 3 1/3 cups of flour. Omar makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
4A recipe uses 1 3/5 cups of flour. Aiden makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
5Each shelf Aiden builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
61/4 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
7A recipe uses 3 1/2 cups of flour. Zoe makes 4/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
8Priya's garden is 1 2/3 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
91/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10A recipe uses 3 1/3 cups of flour. Leo makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
11Each shelf Sam builds is 3 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
12Aiden's garden is 1 2/3 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 34/5 feet
- 2. 15/16 square meters
- 3. 1 2/3 cups
- 4. 4/5 cups
- 5. 21/2 feet
- 6. 1/12 of the garden
- 7. 2 1/3 cups
- 8. 5/6 square meters
- 9. 1/4 of the garden
- 10. 1 2/3 cups
- 11. 17 feet
- 12. 1 1/9 square meters
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