πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
12/3 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
24/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
31/2 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
4A recipe uses 1 3/4 cups of flour. Aiden makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
51/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
61/3 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7A recipe uses 2 4/5 cups of flour. Zoe makes 2/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
8Each shelf Lily builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
91/2 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
103/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11Each shelf Lily builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
121/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 4/9 of the garden
- 2. 2/5 of the garden
- 3. 1/6 of the garden
- 4. 7/8 cups
- 5. 1/4 of the garden
- 6. 2/9 of the garden
- 7. 1 13/15 cups
- 8. 6 feet
- 9. 1/3 of the garden
- 10. 3/16 of the garden
- 11. 20/3 feet
- 12. 1/4 of the garden
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