πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily's garden is 2 3/4 meters long and 1 1/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2Each shelf Sam builds is 2 2/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A recipe uses 3 2/5 cups of flour. Sam makes 1/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
4A recipe uses 3 2/5 cups of flour. Omar makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
5Omar's garden is 2 1/2 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
6Aiden'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
7Zoe's garden is 2 1/2 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
8Aiden'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
91/2 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10Each shelf Leo builds is 1 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
111/2 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Zoe's garden is 2 3/4 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 3 2/3 square meters
- 2. 24/5 feet
- 3. 17/30 cups
- 4. 1 7/10 cups
- 5. 1 7/8 square meters
- 6. 4 square meters
- 7. 3 1/8 square meters
- 8. 4 4/9 square meters
- 9. 1/8 of the garden
- 10. 5 feet
- 11. 1/4 of the garden
- 12. 1 3/8 square meters
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