Find The Reciprocal
Vocabulary
Divide Whole Numbers by Fractions
Divide Fractions by Whole Numbers
Dividing Fractions Word Problems
100
Find the reciprocal of 1/5
What is 5?
100

A __________ represents the amount of be shared equally. 

What is the dividend?

100
1 ÷ 1/2
What is 2?
100
1/3 ÷ 4
What is 1/12?
100
A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl used one-fifth of a potato?
What is 35 bowls?
200
Find the reciprocal of 1/8
What is 8?
200

A _______ has a 1 as the numerator. 

What is the unit fraction?

200
3 ÷ 1/4
What is 12?
200
1/2 ÷ 5
What is 1/10?
200
A container of 7 metal beams weighed one-sixth of a ton. If every beam weighed the same amount, how heavy was each?
What is 1/42 tons?
300

Find the reciprocal of 5/6 

What is 6/5?

300

In a fraction that represents a quotient, the denominator is the same as the _______? 

What is the divisor?

300
5 ÷ 1/3
What is 15?
300
1/4 ÷ 7
What is 1/28?
300
A bulldozer could carry one-eighth of a ton of sand. If a park needed 3 tons of sand, how many loads would the bulldozer need to carry?
What is 24 loads?
400

Find the reciprocal of 2 3/4

What is 4/11?

400

A ____ of a division equation can be represented as a fraction or mixed number.

What is the quotient?

400
4 ÷ 1/6
What is 24?
400
1/8 ÷ 6
What is 1/48?
400
A sub shop sold sandwiches that were one-half of a foot long. If you were to cut the sandwich into 9 equal pieces, what fraction of a foot would each piece be?
What is 1/18 foot?
500

Find the reciprocal of 1 1/3

What is 3/4?

500

When an improper fraction is rewritten as a mixed number the _________ is the numerator in the fraction. 

What is the remainder?

500
7 ÷ 1/8
What is 56?
500
1/9 ÷ 2
What is 1/18?
500
Lana was trying to collect 4 pounds of cans to recycle. If she collects one-seventh of a pound each day, how many days will it take to collect 4 pounds?
What is 28 days?
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