yummy food problems
Helena is making sushi rolls for lunch. Each sushi roll needs 1/4 cup of rice. She has 3 cups of rice.
How many sushi rolls can Helena make?
3 ÷ 1/4 = 3 × 4 = 12
Lucie watches a squirrel split 8 acorns into 1/2-acorn snacks.
How many snacks does the squirrel make?
8 ÷ 1/2 = 8 × 2 = 16
Sofia finds a robot with 4 meters of cable. The robot cuts the cable into 1/2-meter pieces.
How many pieces of cable does the robot make?
4 ÷ 1/2 = 4 × 2 = 8
Kai W. has 6 lengths of rope. Each camping knot requires 1/2 rope length.
How many knots can Kai W. tie?
6 ÷ 1/2 = 6 × 2 = 12
Estelle brings 5 trays of brownies to math club. Each serving uses 1/5 of a tray.
How many servings are there?
5 ÷ 1/5 = 5 × 5 = 25
Grant runs a smoothie stand. Each smoothie uses 1/5 of a blender pitcher. He blended 4 pitchers this morning.
How many smoothies can Grant make?
4 ÷ 1/5 = 4 × 5 = 20
Vienna sees a penguin stacking fish. Each meal the penguin uses 1/3 of a fish. The penguin has 6 fish.
How many meals can the penguin make?
6 ÷ 1/3 = 6 × 3 = 18
Gwyneth visits an alien café. The aliens have 7 cans of soda. Each alien drinks 1/4 of a can.
How many alien drink servings are there?
7 ÷ 1/4 = 7 × 4 = 28
Grant has 8 wooden boards for building shelves. Each small shelf needs 1/4 of a board.
How many shelves can Grant build?
8 ÷ 1/4 = 8 × 4 = 32
Addison orders 6 giant sub sandwiches for a field trip. Each serving is 1/4 of a sandwich.
Students already ate 8 servings.
How many servings remain?
6 ÷ 1/4 = 24
24 − 8 = 16
Ellison popped 6 giant bowls of popcorn for movie night. Each serving is 1/8 of a bowl.
Her friends already ate 16 servings.
How many servings remain?
6 ÷ 1/8 = 48
48 − 16 = 32
Estelle sees a monkey cut 9 bananas into 1/4-banana pieces.
The monkey eats 10 pieces immediately.
How many pieces remain?
9 ÷ 1/4 = 36
36 − 10 = 26
Valentina meets a wizard who owns 8 bottles of glowing potion. Each spell needs 1/6 bottle.
The wizard already cast 10 spells earlier.
How many more spells can the wizard cast?
8 ÷ 1/6 = 48
48 − 10 = 38
Avery prints 10 posters for a school event. Each poster can be divided into 1/5-sized flyer sections.
He hands out 30 flyers.
How many flyer sections remain?
10 ÷ 1/5 = 50
50 − 30 = 20
Gwyneth prepares 7 pitchers of lemonade for a school picnic. Each cup uses 1/6 of a pitcher.
Each table receives 3 cups.
How many tables can be served?
7 ÷ 1/6 = 42
42 ÷ 3 = 14
Avery cooked 9 big pots of ramen for a gaming tournament. Each bowl uses 1/6 of a pot.
Each team receives 3 bowls.
How many teams can Avery serve?
9 ÷ 1/6 = 54
54 ÷ 3 = 18
Wyatt observes an owl organizing 12 mice into 1/5-mouse portions.
The owl eats 7 portions overnight.
How many portions remain?
12 ÷ 1/5 = 60
60 − 7 = 53
Addison discovers a dragon with 14 chocolate treasure bars. Each bar can be broken into 1/7-bar pieces.
The dragon hides 20 pieces in a cave.
How many pieces remain outside the cave?
14 ÷ 1/7 = 98
98 − 20 = 78
Lucie has 16 glow sticks for glowing bracelets. Each glow stick can be snapped into 1/8-stick pieces.
Each bracelet uses 4 pieces.
How many bracelets can she make?
16 ÷ 1/8 = 128
128 ÷ 4 = 32
Ms. V brings 12 giant waffles to breakfast club. Each waffle is shared in 1/8 pieces.
Each student gets 3 pieces.
How many students can get waffles?
12 ÷ 1/8 = 96
96 ÷ 3 = 32
Kai D. prepared 10 enormous burritos for a food truck. Each burrito can be split into 1/8-burrito portions for sharing.
Each tray holds 5 portions.
How many trays can Kai D. fill?
10 ÷ 1/8 = 80
80 ÷ 5 = 16
Lily watches an octopus collecting 15 seaweed sheets for some seaweed snacks. Each snack uses 1/8 of a sheet.
The octopus gives 24 snacks to friends.
How many snacks remain?
15 ÷ 1/8 = 120
120 − 24 = 96
Scarlett studies a time traveler’s machine. The time traveler breaks 18 energy crystals into 1/9 pieces.
Each time the time machine runs it uses 40 pieces.
The machine has run 3 times.
How many pieces remain?
18 ÷ 1/9 = 162
40 × 3 = 120
162 − 120 = 42
Vienna brings 20 giant chalk sticks for art class. Each chalk stick can be used as 1/10-chalk pieces.
Students use 60 pieces during class.
The rest are packed 8 pieces per box.
How many boxes can be filled?
20 ÷ 1/10 = 200
200 − 60 = 140
140 ÷ 8 = 17 (17.5)
Sofia cooks 15 big pots of chili for the winter festival. Each bowl uses 1/5 of a pot.
Bowls are placed on trays holding 6 bowls each.
How many full trays can be made?
15 ÷ 1/5 = 75
75 ÷ 6 = 12 (12.5)