πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each shelf Leo builds is 3 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 3 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Each shelf Omar builds is 3 1/4 feet long. How many feet of wood for 2 shelves?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A recipe uses 1 4/5 cups of flour. Omar makes 1/3 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
4Aiden's garden is 2 1/2 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
51/2 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
6Leo's garden is 2 1/4 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
7Aiden's garden is 1 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
8Priya'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
9Omar'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
10Lily'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
11A recipe uses 3 3/4 cups of flour. Aiden makes 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
12A recipe uses 2 3/5 cups of flour. Lily makes 2/4 of the recipe. How much flour is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 39/4 feet
- 2. 13/2 feet
- 3. 3/5 cups
- 4. 4 3/8 square meters
- 5. 1/12 of the garden
- 6. 3 square meters
- 7. 1 square meters
- 8. 4 square meters
- 9. 7/9 square meters
- 10. 3 3/4 square meters
- 11. 1 7/8 cups
- 12. 1 3/10 cups
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