πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
11/2 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
2A recipe uses 2 1/2 cups of flour. Lily makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
3Leo's garden is 2 1/3 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
41/2 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5Aiden's garden is 1 1/2 meters long and 1 1/3 meters wide. Each big square in the picture is 1 square meter. What is the area of the garden?
Answer: ______________ square meters
6Each shelf Omar builds is 2 1/2 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
7A recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of flour. Priya makes 3/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
8Leo's garden is 2 1/2 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
93/5 of Leo's garden is vegetables. 3/6 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
10A recipe uses 3 1/3 cups of flour. Zoe makes 5/6 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
112/3 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
12Leo's garden is 2 1/4 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
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 1/12 of the garden
- 2. 1 1/4 cups
- 3. 1 3/4 square meters
- 4. 1/4 of the garden
- 5. 2 square meters
- 6. 5 feet
- 7. 1 1/8 cups
- 8. 3 3/4 square meters
- 9. 3/10 of the garden
- 10. 2 7/9 cups
- 11. 1/3 of the garden
- 12. 2 13/16 square meters
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