πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/5 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2A recipe uses 3 4/5 cups of flour. Lily makes 3/4 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 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4Leo'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
51/4 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
63/5 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
7Each shelf Maya builds is 2 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8A recipe uses 1 3/4 cups of flour. Lily makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
9Maya's garden is 1 1/4 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
101/3 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11A recipe uses 3 1/2 cups of flour. Leo makes 5/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
121/3 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 3/20 of the garden
- 2. 2 17/20 cups
- 3. 10 feet
- 4. 3 1/3 square meters
- 5. 1/12 of the garden
- 6. 3/10 of the garden
- 7. 7 feet
- 8. 7/8 cups
- 9. 5/6 square meters
- 10. 2/9 of the garden
- 11. 2 11/12 cups
- 12. 2/9 of the garden
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