πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden'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
2A recipe uses 2 3/4 cups of flour. Zoe makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
3Maya's garden is 2 1/4 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
41/2 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5A recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Zoe makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
6Priya's garden is 2 1/2 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
71/2 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Each shelf Leo builds is 1 1/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Lily's garden is 1 1/2 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
10Zoe's garden is 1 1/4 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
11Omar'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
12A recipe uses 3 3/4 cups of flour. Leo makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 7/8 square meters
- 2. 11/12 cups
- 3. 2 13/16 square meters
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 3/4 cups
- 6. 5/8 square meters
- 7. 1/3 of the garden
- 8. 24/5 feet
- 9. 3/8 square meters
- 10. 1 9/16 square meters
- 11. 1 1/3 square meters
- 12. 1 7/8 cups
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