πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Priya builds is 2 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A recipe uses 2 2/3 cups of flour. Priya makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
3Maya's garden is 1 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
4A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Omar makes 3/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
5Each shelf Maya builds is 1 3/5 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Sam's garden is 2 1/3 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
7A recipe uses 1 2/3 cups of flour. Aiden makes 3/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
81/2 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
93/4 of Lily's garden is vegetables. 4/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10A recipe uses 3 2/3 cups of flour. Priya makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
11Priya's garden is 2 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
12A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Omar makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 8 feet
- 2. 1 1/3 cups
- 3. 2 1/2 square meters
- 4. 1 7/8 cups
- 5. 16/5 feet
- 6. 2 11/12 square meters
- 7. 1 1/4 cups
- 8. 1/4 of the garden
- 9. 1/2 of the garden
- 10. 1 5/6 cups
- 11. 7/9 square meters
- 12. 1 1/4 cups
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