πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A recipe uses 3 2/5 cups of flour. Leo makes 3/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
2Each shelf Omar builds is 3 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Lily's garden is 2 2/3 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
4Each shelf Priya builds is 3 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A recipe uses 1 4/5 cups of flour. Aiden makes 2/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
62/4 of Priya'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 2/3 meters long and 1/2 meter wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
8Aiden's garden is 2 1/3 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
91/2 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10Lily's garden is 2 3/4 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
11Zoe's garden is 2 2/3 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
12Priya'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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2 11/20 cups
- 2. 13/2 feet
- 3. 4 4/9 square meters
- 4. 14 feet
- 5. 1 1/5 cups
- 6. 5/12 of the garden
- 7. 5/6 square meters
- 8. 3 8/9 square meters
- 9. 1/3 of the garden
- 10. 4 1/8 square meters
- 11. 4 square meters
- 12. 2 11/12 square meters
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