πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Maya builds is 2 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Each shelf Lily builds is 3 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Aiden's garden is 1 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
4Each shelf Zoe builds is 3 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Aiden's garden is 1 1/2 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
61/2 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Each shelf Omar builds is 3 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Aiden's garden is 1 1/2 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
9A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Lily makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
10A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Lily makes 4/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
11Aiden's garden is 2 2/3 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
12Each shelf Lily builds is 1 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 45/4 feet
- 2. 21/2 feet
- 3. 3/8 square meters
- 4. 40/3 feet
- 5. 2 square meters
- 6. 1/6 of the garden
- 7. 20/3 feet
- 8. 1 square meters
- 9. 1 1/4 cups
- 10. 1 2/3 cups
- 11. 4 square meters
- 12. 6 feet
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