πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam's garden is 1 3/4 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
2Aiden's garden is 1 1/3 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
3A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Lily makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
4Lily's garden is 1 1/3 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
52/4 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
62/3 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Zoe's garden is 1 3/4 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
81/3 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
9Lily's garden is 2 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
10Maya's garden is 1 1/3 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
111/2 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Each shelf Lily builds is 2 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2 5/8 square meters
- 2. 2/3 square meters
- 3. 1 1/4 cups
- 4. 4/9 square meters
- 5. 1/12 of the garden
- 6. 1/3 of the garden
- 7. 7/12 square meters
- 8. 1/9 of the garden
- 9. 1 11/16 square meters
- 10. 4/9 square meters
- 11. 1/6 of the garden
- 12. 11/2 feet
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