Divide a fraction by a whole number
Isabella is cutting yarn from a roll for an art
project. She has 1/9 of a roll of red yarn, and she
cuts it into 4 equal pieces. What fractional part
of the original roll of yarn is represented by each
of Isabella’s pieces?
1/36
Marie has 2 spools of ribbon. One spool holds
3 yards of ribbon, and the other spool holds
2 yards of ribbon. She uses all the ribbon to cut
bookmarks that are each 1/4 yard long. How many
bookmarks does Marie make?
20
Study the expression.
90 ÷ (24 – 9) × 10
What do the parentheses indicate in the
expression?
A Solve 9 × 10 first.
B Solve 90 ÷ 24 first.
C Solve 24 – 9 first.
D Solve 24 – 9 last.
C
Betty serves a total of 4.4 pounds of turkey. She serves an equal amount of the turkey to each of 8 customers. How much turkey does Betty serve to each customer?
0.55 pound
Mrs. Kitt bought red, yellow, and blue balloons for a birthday party.
-She bought 27 red balloons.
-She bought 38 more yellow balloons than red balloons.
-She bought 13 fewer blue balloons than yellow balloons.
How many total balloons did Mrs. Kitt buy for the birthday party?
144.00
At the bakery, one dozen equal-sized muffins
contain a total of 1/2cup of sugar. How much
sugar does each muffin contain?
1/24 cup
Braden bought a 20-pound bag of colored sand
to put into his sand pit. Braden’s bucket can
hold 1/2 pound of sand. How many times will
Braden need to fill his bucket in order to carry
all the sand from the bag to his sand pit?
40
What is the value of the expression?
40 ÷ (9 – 4) × 2
16
A pitcher contains 64.5 ounces of lemonade. The lemonade is divided equally among 5 brothers. How much lemonade does each brother receive?
12.9 ounces
Rumi went to the convenience store to buy some snacks and a drink. She bought a pack of gum for 86 cents, a large soda for 3 dollars and 8 cents, and a bag of chips for 1 dollar and 53 cents. What was the cost for all the items Rumi bought at the convenience store?
$5.47
Derek had 1/10 bag of gerbil food.
• He gave his gerbil the same amount of food
every day.
• He used all the gerbil food in 10 days.
What fraction of a whole bag of gerbil food did
Derek’s gerbil receive each day?
1/100
A quarter is 1/16 inch thick. A stack of quarters is
8 inches high. How many quarters are in the
stack?
128 quarters
Study the expression.
46 – 2[(6 + 6) ÷ 3]
What do the brackets indicate in the
expression?
A Solve 6 ÷ 3 first.
B Solve 12 ÷ 3 before multiplying by 2.
C Solve 2(12) before dividing by 3.
D Solve 46 – 2 first.
B
Jack cuts a 7.8 foot piece of rope into 6 equal lengths. What is the length of each piece of rope Jack cuts?
1.3 feet
While cleaning her car, Alice found 37 cents in the back seat, 24 cents in the front passenger seat, and 3 dollars and 15 cents in the glove compartment. What was the total amount of money Alice found in her car?
$3.76
Leo has 5/6 of a bag of birdseed. Leo divides the birdseed equally between 5 empty bird feeders. What fraction of the whole bag of birdseed does each feeder contain?
1/6
A gardener divided 4 gallons of liquid plant food
equally into jars. Each jar contained 1/2 gallon of
plant food. How many jars did the gardener
use?
8
Simplify this expression.
[(9 – 2) × (2 + 1)] ÷ (1/4 + 3/4 )
What is the value of the simplified expression?
21
Serena buys 4 bags of potatoes at a farmer's market. Each bag weighs the same. She buys a total of 72.6 pounds of potatoes. How many pounds of potatoes are in each bag?
18.15 pounds
Lisa plants flowers in her garden.
-She plants 154 roses.
-She plants 415 daisies.
-She plants 312 pansies.
Lisa gives her mother 20 of each type of flower. How many flowers does Lisa have left?
821