πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden's garden is 2 1/2 meters long and 1 1/2 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Aiden's garden is 2 1/2 meters long and 1 2/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
3Each shelf Leo builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Priya makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
5Leo's garden is 1 1/2 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
6Sam's garden is 2 1/2 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
72/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Sam's garden is 2 1/3 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
9Each shelf Aiden builds is 3 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Aiden's garden is 2 1/4 meters long and 1 1/2 meters 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 1/2 meters long and 1 2/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
122/5 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 3/4 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 3/4 square meters
- 2. 4 1/6 square meters
- 3. 3 feet
- 4. 3/4 cups
- 5. 1 1/8 square meters
- 6. 1 2/3 square meters
- 7. 2/15 of the garden
- 8. 7/12 square meters
- 9. 20/3 feet
- 10. 3 3/8 square meters
- 11. 4 1/6 square meters
- 12. 3/10 of the garden
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/5th-grade/word-fraction-multiply