πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
13/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
21/2 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
3Each shelf Maya builds is 2 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Omar makes 3/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
51/4 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
61/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 2/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
71/5 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 3/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Each shelf Leo builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Sam's garden is 1 2/3 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
101/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 2/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11Each shelf Lily builds is 1 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
12A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Omar makes 4/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2/5 of the garden
- 2. 1/8 of the garden
- 3. 35/3 feet
- 4. 1 1/4 cups
- 5. 1/8 of the garden
- 6. 2/15 of the garden
- 7. 3/20 of the garden
- 8. 10 feet
- 9. 2 1/12 square meters
- 10. 1/6 of the garden
- 11. 6 feet
- 12. 1 2/3 cups
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/5th-grade/word-fraction-multiply