πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar's garden is 1 1/4 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
2Lily's garden is 1 1/2 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
3Priya's garden is 1 1/4 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
43/5 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
5Aiden's garden is 1 3/4 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
6A recipe uses 3 1/2 cups of flour. Lily makes 4/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
7Leo's garden is 1 1/4 meters long and 1 3/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Each shelf Leo builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
91/2 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10Lily'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
112/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Aiden's garden is 2 1/4 meters long and 1 2/3 meters 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. 5/8 square meters
- 2. 2 1/4 square meters
- 3. 5/12 square meters
- 4. 3/10 of the garden
- 5. 1 1/6 square meters
- 6. 2 1/3 cups
- 7. 2 3/16 square meters
- 8. 3 feet
- 9. 1/3 of the garden
- 10. 1 1/9 square meters
- 11. 1/4 of the garden
- 12. 3 3/4 square meters
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