πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
13/4 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2Lily's garden is 1 3/4 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
3Zoe's garden is 2 1/4 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
4A recipe uses 3 3/5 cups of flour. Sam makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
5A recipe uses 3 3/5 cups of flour. Maya makes 2/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
61/2 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Each shelf Priya builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Sam's garden is 1 1/3 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
9A recipe uses 3 4/5 cups of flour. Priya makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
10Each shelf Lily builds is 3 3/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
11Zoe'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
121/2 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 5/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 3/16 of the garden
- 2. 2 3/16 square meters
- 3. 3 3/4 square meters
- 4. 1 4/5 cups
- 5. 2 2/5 cups
- 6. 5/12 of the garden
- 7. 8/3 feet
- 8. 1 2/3 square meters
- 9. 1 9/10 cups
- 10. 54/5 feet
- 11. 3 3/8 square meters
- 12. 5/12 of the garden
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