πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Zoe makes 4/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
2Each shelf Sam builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Lily'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
41/5 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
52/4 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
6A recipe uses 3 1/2 cups of flour. Zoe makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
7Maya'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
8Each shelf Sam builds is 3 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
94/5 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
101/3 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
111/3 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
121/5 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1 2/3 cups
- 2. 7 feet
- 3. 3/8 square meters
- 4. 2/15 of the garden
- 5. 1/4 of the garden
- 6. 1 3/4 cups
- 7. 15/16 square meters
- 8. 14 feet
- 9. 8/15 of the garden
- 10. 1/9 of the garden
- 11. 1/6 of the garden
- 12. 2/15 of the garden
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