πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya's garden is 2 2/3 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
2A recipe uses 2 1/3 cups of flour. Lily makes 3/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
3A recipe uses 3 1/3 cups of flour. Leo makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
4Omar's garden is 2 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
5Zoe's garden is 1 3/4 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
6Omar's garden is 2 1/3 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
7Omar's garden is 2 1/3 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
81/2 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
9A recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Zoe makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
104/5 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11Each shelf Maya builds is 1 3/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
122/4 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 5/6 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 1/3 square meters
- 2. 1 3/4 cups
- 3. 1 2/3 cups
- 4. 3 1/8 square meters
- 5. 2 3/16 square meters
- 6. 1 5/9 square meters
- 7. 7/12 square meters
- 8. 1/3 of the garden
- 9. 3/4 cups
- 10. 2/5 of the garden
- 11. 16/5 feet
- 12. 5/12 of the garden
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