πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya's garden is 2 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
2Each shelf Omar builds is 3 2/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Each shelf Lily builds is 2 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 4 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
41/2 of Aiden's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5Each shelf Zoe builds is 3 2/3 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Zoe'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
7Omar's garden is 2 1/2 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
8A recipe uses 2 3/4 cups of flour. Zoe makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
9A recipe uses 3 1/2 cups of flour. Omar makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
10Maya'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
11A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Priya makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
12A recipe uses 3 3/4 cups of flour. Maya makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 4 1/6 square meters
- 2. 7 feet
- 3. 9 feet
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 22/3 feet
- 6. 2 1/2 square meters
- 7. 1 1/4 square meters
- 8. 1 3/8 cups
- 9. 1 1/6 cups
- 10. 3 1/8 square meters
- 11. 1 1/4 cups
- 12. 1 1/4 cups
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