πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Aiden's garden is 1 1/4 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
22/4 of Zoe's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
31/2 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
4Each shelf Lily builds is 2 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Each shelf Lily builds is 2 4/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Zoe's garden is 1 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
71/2 of Omar's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
8Omar's garden is 1 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
9Sam's garden is 1 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
10Sam's garden is 1 1/4 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
11Aiden's garden is 1 2/3 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
12A recipe uses 3 2/3 cups of flour. Lily makes 1/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 5/12 square meters
- 2. 1/8 of the garden
- 3. 1/6 of the garden
- 4. 10 feet
- 5. 56/5 feet
- 6. 1 1/8 square meters
- 7. 1/12 of the garden
- 8. 1 7/8 square meters
- 9. 1 7/8 square meters
- 10. 5/16 square meters
- 11. 5/6 square meters
- 12. 11/12 cups
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