πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya's garden is 1 3/4 meters long and 1 1/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Zoe's garden is 2 1/3 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
3A recipe uses 3 2/5 cups of flour. Leo makes 5/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
4A recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Aiden makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
5A recipe uses 3 2/3 cups of flour. Omar makes 2/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
6Omar's garden is 1 1/4 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
7Priya's garden is 2 1/3 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
8Each shelf Maya builds is 3 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Leo'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
10Leo's garden is 2 1/2 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
11Aiden's garden is 1 1/4 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
12A recipe uses 1 1/3 cups of flour. Maya makes 4/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2 1/3 square meters
- 2. 3 1/2 square meters
- 3. 2 5/6 cups
- 4. 3/4 cups
- 5. 1 2/9 cups
- 6. 5/6 square meters
- 7. 7/12 square meters
- 8. 39/4 feet
- 9. 2 1/16 square meters
- 10. 5/8 square meters
- 11. 5/16 square meters
- 12. 8/9 cups
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