πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya's garden is 1 1/2 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
22/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3A recipe uses 1 2/3 cups of flour. Zoe makes 3/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
4Each shelf Maya builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Each shelf Aiden builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
61/2 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
73/5 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Zoe's garden is 2 1/2 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
9A recipe uses 3 1/2 cups of flour. Sam makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
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
111/4 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
12A recipe uses 3 1/4 cups of flour. Omar makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1 1/8 square meters
- 2. 1/5 of the garden
- 3. 5/6 cups
- 4. 35/2 feet
- 5. 25/2 feet
- 6. 1/8 of the garden
- 7. 3/20 of the garden
- 8. 1 1/4 square meters
- 9. 1 3/4 cups
- 10. 1 1/9 square meters
- 11. 1/8 of the garden
- 12. 1 5/8 cups
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