πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A recipe uses 3 2/3 cups of flour. Leo makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
2Each shelf Maya builds is 3 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Leo's garden is 1 2/3 meters long and 1 3/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
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
5Zoe's garden is 2 3/4 meters long and 1 3/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
62/3 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Leo'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
8A recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Omar makes 1/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
9A recipe uses 1 3/4 cups of flour. Sam makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
10Leo's garden is 2 1/2 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
11Leo's garden is 2 1/4 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
122/4 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 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 2/9 cups
- 2. 13 feet
- 3. 2 11/12 square meters
- 4. 1/12 of the garden
- 5. 4 13/16 square meters
- 6. 1/2 of the garden
- 7. 2 13/16 square meters
- 8. 3/8 cups
- 9. 7/8 cups
- 10. 5/6 square meters
- 11. 1 11/16 square meters
- 12. 1/4 of the garden
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