πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe's garden is 1 3/4 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
2Lily's garden is 1 2/3 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
31/2 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
4Zoe's garden is 2 2/3 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
52/5 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
6Each shelf Sam builds is 1 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
72/5 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Each shelf Zoe builds is 2 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
91/3 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10A recipe uses 3 3/5 cups of flour. Omar makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
11Each shelf Omar builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
122/3 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 7/8 square meters
- 2. 2 1/2 square meters
- 3. 1/12 of the garden
- 4. 3 1/3 square meters
- 5. 1/10 of the garden
- 6. 12/5 feet
- 7. 1/5 of the garden
- 8. 8 feet
- 9. 1/6 of the garden
- 10. 1 4/5 cups
- 11. 15/2 feet
- 12. 1/3 of the garden
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