πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
13/4 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Sam makes 2/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
3Each shelf Leo builds is 3 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
41/4 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
51/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
63/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Leo's garden is 1 1/2 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
8A recipe uses 3 3/4 cups of flour. Priya makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
9Each shelf Maya builds is 2 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
104/5 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
111/3 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12A recipe uses 1 2/5 cups of flour. Aiden makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/2 of the garden
- 2. 1 2/3 cups
- 3. 51/5 feet
- 4. 1/12 of the garden
- 5. 1/6 of the garden
- 6. 5/8 of the garden
- 7. 1 7/8 square meters
- 8. 1 7/8 cups
- 9. 16/3 feet
- 10. 4/15 of the garden
- 11. 1/4 of the garden
- 12. 7/10 cups
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