πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo's garden is 1 2/3 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
2Lily's garden is 1 1/2 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
3A recipe uses 2 2/3 cups of flour. Maya makes 1/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
4Maya's garden is 2 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
5Priya'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
6Omar'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
7Zoe's garden is 1 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
8Each shelf Sam builds is 2 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Each shelf Omar builds is 1 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
101/3 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
11A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Sam makes 1/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
12Omar'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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 5/9 square meters
- 2. 2 1/2 square meters
- 3. 2/3 cups
- 4. 1 3/4 square meters
- 5. 3 1/8 square meters
- 6. 1 3/8 square meters
- 7. 2 5/8 square meters
- 8. 9/2 feet
- 9. 20/3 feet
- 10. 1/9 of the garden
- 11. 5/8 cups
- 12. 4 4/9 square meters
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