πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A recipe uses 3 1/4 cups of flour. Maya makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
2Priya's garden is 1 1/3 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
3Each shelf Priya builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
43/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5Lily's garden is 2 1/2 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
6Omar's garden is 2 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
7A recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Lily makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
8Lily's garden is 2 1/2 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
91/2 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
101/2 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11Omar's garden is 2 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
12Priya's garden is 2 2/3 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1 5/8 cups
- 2. 1 square meters
- 3. 16/3 feet
- 4. 5/8 of the garden
- 5. 4 3/8 square meters
- 6. 1 1/8 square meters
- 7. 3/4 cups
- 8. 4 1/6 square meters
- 9. 1/4 of the garden
- 10. 1/6 of the garden
- 11. 1 1/6 square meters
- 12. 8/9 square meters
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