πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe's garden is 1 2/3 meters long and 1 3/4 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
2A recipe uses 3 1/4 cups of flour. Sam makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
3Zoe'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
4Aiden'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
5A recipe uses 1 3/5 cups of flour. Leo makes 2/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
62/3 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/4 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
7Omar'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
8Maya's garden is 1 2/3 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
9Zoe's garden is 2 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
10A recipe uses 2 4/5 cups of flour. Zoe makes 3/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
112/3 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
12Omar'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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 2 11/12 square meters
- 2. 1 1/12 cups
- 3. 4/9 square meters
- 4. 5/16 square meters
- 5. 8/15 cups
- 6. 1/6 of the garden
- 7. 5/16 square meters
- 8. 2 1/12 square meters
- 9. 4 1/8 square meters
- 10. 2 1/10 cups
- 11. 1/3 of the garden
- 12. 4 square meters
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