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Comprehensive answer keys are included at the end of the worksheet, detailing the step-by-step calculations and logical reasoning for each problem, making it an excellent resource for classroom instruction or independent study. 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How many girls are there in the school?  \n2. ~~ ~~16 of the boys joined the basketball team and 29 of the boys joined the soccer team. How many boys are there in the soccer team?  \n3. The school bus service is only offered to grade 1 and 2 students. 524 of the total number of students are in grades 1 and 2. 47 of the grades 1 and 2 take the school bus to school. What fraction of all students take the school bus to school?  \n4. On a snowy day, only 712 of the students attend school. 45 of the students who stayed home called to inform the school office. What was the fraction of all students that called in to inform the school about missing school this day?  \n5. Every Wednesday, a meeting for all the teaching staff is held. If 1316 of the staff members are teaching staff, how many staff members are invited to the meeting?  \n6. On the last Wednesday of May, 15 of the teaching staff was not in school for a field trip. How many staff members were at that meeting?  \nReading and Math for K-5 © [www.k5learning.com](www.k5learning.com)  \nAnswers  \n1. 864 × 38 = 324  \nThere are 324 girls in the school.  \n2. 864 × 58 × 29 = 120  \nThere are 120 boys on the soccer team.  \n3. ~~ ~~5245 × 47 = 542  \n42 of all the students take the school bus to school.  \n4. ~~ ~~1212 − 712 = 512 so 512 of the students stayed home that day.  \n512 × 45 = 13  \n13 of all the students called in to inform the school about missing school this day.  \n5. 80 × 1316 = 65  \n65 staff members are invited to the meeting.  \n6. 65 × 45 = 52  \nThere were 52 staff members at the meeting.  \nReading and Math for K-5 © [www.k5learning.com](www.k5learning.com)","cbCaig3cf9c7fJUS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig3cf9c7fJUS","pdf",69841,"English","# Fraction Multiplication Word Problems\n## Problem Set\n## Answer Key","[{\"question\":\"How many girls are in the school given there are 864 students and 5/8 are boys?\",\"answer\":\"There are 324 girls in the school, calculated by finding 3/8 of the total 864 students.\"},{\"question\":\"What fraction of the total students takes the school bus?\",\"answer\":\"The fraction of students who take the school bus to school is 2/7, determined by calculating 4/7 of the 5/24 of students who are in grades 1 and 2.\"},{\"question\":\"How many teaching staff members are at the meeting if 13/16 of the 80 staff members are teachers, and 4/5 of those teachers attend?\",\"answer\":\"There were 52 staff members at the meeting, calculated by first identifying 65 teachers from the total staff, then finding 4/5 of that number.\"}]","Grade 5 Word Problems - Multiplying Fractions - Practice Worksheet | PDF",1791791731]