πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
13/4 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
21/5 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3Priya's garden is 1 1/2 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
4Zoe'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
5Each shelf Omar builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Aiden's garden is 1 3/4 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
72/4 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8A recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Leo makes 1/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
9Leo's garden is 2 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
10Leo'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
112/5 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
121/5 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/4 of the garden
- 2. 1/10 of the garden
- 3. 3/4 square meters
- 4. 5/6 square meters
- 5. 8/3 feet
- 6. 7/12 square meters
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 3/8 cups
- 9. 2 11/12 square meters
- 10. 4 square meters
- 11. 1/5 of the garden
- 12. 2/15 of the garden
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