πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A recipe uses 2 1/3 cups of flour. Aiden makes 4/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
2Each shelf Priya builds is 3 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Each shelf Zoe builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Each shelf Omar builds is 1 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Each shelf Priya builds is 2 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Omar's garden is 2 3/4 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
72/4 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
8Aiden's garden is 1 1/2 meters long and 1 1/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
9Omar's garden is 1 3/4 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
10A recipe uses 2 2/5 cups of flour. Aiden makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
113/5 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Each shelf Priya builds is 1 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1 5/9 cups
- 2. 55/3 feet
- 3. 14 feet
- 4. 21/4 feet
- 5. 33/4 feet
- 6. 4 1/8 square meters
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 1 7/8 square meters
- 9. 3 1/16 square meters
- 10. 4/5 cups
- 11. 1/5 of the garden
- 12. 5/2 feet
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