πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2A recipe uses 1 1/3 cups of flour. Leo makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
31/2 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
4Each shelf Zoe builds is 1 1/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Priya's garden is 1 1/3 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
6Priya's garden is 2 3/4 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
7Priya'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
8Zoe's garden is 2 3/4 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
9A recipe uses 3 3/5 cups of flour. Zoe makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
10Sam'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
11A recipe uses 1 3/4 cups of flour. Lily makes 1/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
12Each shelf Priya builds is 2 4/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 5 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/4 of the garden
- 2. 4/9 cups
- 3. 1/4 of the garden
- 4. 4 feet
- 5. 1 square meters
- 6. 4 7/12 square meters
- 7. 7/12 square meters
- 8. 2 1/16 square meters
- 9. 1 1/5 cups
- 10. 7/12 square meters
- 11. 7/24 cups
- 12. 14 feet
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