πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A recipe uses 1 3/5 cups of flour. Omar makes 3/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
2A recipe uses 1 2/5 cups of flour. Omar makes 5/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
3Maya's garden is 1 1/3 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
41/2 of Maya's garden is vegetables. 2/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5Aiden's garden is 2 1/3 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
61/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
71/2 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
82/3 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
92/3 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
10A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Zoe makes 3/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
111/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/3 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
123/4 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1 1/5 cups
- 2. 1 1/6 cups
- 3. 4/9 square meters
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 1 1/6 square meters
- 6. 1/8 of the garden
- 7. 1/4 of the garden
- 8. 1/3 of the garden
- 9. 1/3 of the garden
- 10. 1 7/8 cups
- 11. 1/6 of the garden
- 12. 3/8 of the garden
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