Okay. Let's make a real-world problem:
Paloma has 1 2/3 cakes. She and her cousin ate 1/4 of the cake. How much cake did Paloma and her cousin eat?
The word problem fits the calculation, because 1/4 of that cake is eaten, and we are looking for the amount of cake Paloma and her cousin ate. When you solve the multiplication problem (5/3 * 1/4), you get 5/12 as the answer.
