πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/5 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
2A recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Omar makes 1/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
3Each shelf Aiden builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Each shelf Omar builds is 3 3/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Priya's garden is 1 1/3 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
63/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7A recipe uses 3 2/5 cups of flour. Maya makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
8Omar's garden is 1 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
9Each shelf Maya builds is 1 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Priya's garden is 1 2/3 meters long and 1/3 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
11Aiden'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
12Each shelf Sam builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/10 of the garden
- 2. 1/4 cups
- 3. 5 feet
- 4. 15 feet
- 5. 1 square meters
- 6. 1/4 of the garden
- 7. 1 2/15 cups
- 8. 2 1/12 square meters
- 9. 21/5 feet
- 10. 5/9 square meters
- 11. 1 1/6 square meters
- 12. 7 feet
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