πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A recipe uses 3 1/2 cups of flour. Aiden makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
2Zoe's garden is 2 1/2 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
3A recipe uses 2 2/3 cups of flour. Aiden makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
42/3 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Leo makes 4/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
6Each shelf Omar builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Omar'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
84/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
9Lily'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
10A recipe uses 1 1/5 cups of flour. Zoe makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
113/4 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
121/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/3 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 3/4 cups
- 2. 1 7/8 square meters
- 3. 1 1/3 cups
- 4. 1/3 of the garden
- 5. 1 2/3 cups
- 6. 21/2 feet
- 7. 2 3/16 square meters
- 8. 4/15 of the garden
- 9. 1 1/6 square meters
- 10. 3/5 cups
- 11. 3/8 of the garden
- 12. 1/6 of the garden
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