Dividing Fractions
After basketball practice, 8 players equally shared 3 large bottles of water. What fraction of a bottle did each player get?
(Your answer should be in a mixed number)
Emma ran 4 1/2 miles. For 3/5 of her run, she was running uphill. What fraction shows the distance she ran uphill?
A. 7/10 of the distance
B. 2 7/10 of the distance
C. 3 9/10 of the distance
B
Peter was very thirsty and drank 2 glasses of water. There was 3/8 liter of water in the 1st glass and 3/5 liter in the 2nd glass. How much water did Peter drink altogether?
39/40
Andy worked for 6.5 hours Saturday. He earned $7.60 each hour. How much money did Andy earn?
$49.40
Richard walked 15.74 miles and James walked 12.98 miles. How many more miles did Richard walk than James?
A 2.76
B 2.86
C 3.76
D 3.86
A
A school painted 1/2 of a wall in its gym with 3 colors. Each color takes up the same amount of space on the wall. What fraction of the wall does each color occupy?
A. 2/5
B. 1/3
C. 1/5
D. 1/6
D
Manuel drives 12 1/3 miles to school every day. One-third of his total drive is on the highway. How long does Manuel drive on the highway?
4 1/9
Mother bought 3 1/6 kg of sugar. She used 2 1/4 kg while baking cookies. How much sugar did she have left?
11/12
What is 5.6 ÷ 0.28?
20
Bryce bought fishing line and a pack of hooks from the Bait and Tackle Shop. The fishing line was $5.32 and the pack of hooks was $6.99. How much did he pay all together?
$12.31
Amber has 1/2 of a pizza left over from a party. She will cut this part of the pizza into 4 pieces of equal size. Each of these pieces will be?
1/8
A fruit drink is made of two parts: 4 1/2 quarts of orange juice and 5 1/4 quarts of cranberry juice. If 2/3 of the fruit drink is used for a dinner party, how many quarts are used for the party?
6 1/2
What is the value of 1/6+ 1/12 + 2/6?
A. 4/12
B. 6/12
C. 7/12
D. 8/12
C
Chris ran a race in 13.2 minutes. George ran a race in 13.54 minutes. What is the sum of their running times, rounded to the nearest tenth?
26.7
Nick got $10 for his birthday. He spent $1.25 on candy, $3.67 on stickers, and $4.13 on games for his phone. How much money does Nick have left?
A. exactly one dollar
B. less than one dollar
C. more than one dollar
B
Teresa feeds her dog 1/3 can of dog food each day. How many days can Teresa feed her dog with 5 cans of food?
15 days
Josie has a garden in her backyard. Half of the garden is planted with fruit, and half of the garden is planted with flowers. One third of her fruit garden is planted with watermelon. What fraction of Josie’s whole garden is watermelon?
1/6
On Sunday, Sheldon bought 4 1/2 kg of plant food. He used 1 2/3 kg on his strawberry plants and used 1/4 kg for his tomato plants. How many kilograms of plant food did Sheldon have left?
2 7/12
Jill bought 6 candles for $33.00. Each candle cost the same amount. Each candle was on sale for $1.50 off the original price. What was the original price of each candle?
$7.00
Johanna worked 4 hours at a bookstore and earned $30.20. She also worked 3 hours at a car wash and earned $24.45. How much did she earn in all?
A. $47.65
B. $50.65
C. $54.65
D. $61.65
C
A castle has to be guarded 24 hours a day. Five knights are ordered to split each day’s guard duty equally. How many minutes will each knight spend on guard duty in one day?
288 minutes
Mrs. Williams uses the following recipe for crispy rice treats. She decides to make 2/3 of the recipe.
- 2 cups melted butter
- 24 oz marshmallows
- 13 cups rice crispy cereal
How much of each ingredient will she need?
- 1 1/3 cups of butter
- 16 ounces of marshmallows
- 8 2/3 cups of rice crispy cereal
Sheldon harvests the strawberries and tomatoes in his garden. He picks 1 2/5 kg less strawberries in the morning than in the afternoon. If Sheldon picks 2 1/4 kg in the morning, how many kilograms of strawberries does he pick in the afternoon?
3 13/20
Terrell multiplied 3.4 by 0.7 and got an answer of 3.28. What mistake did Terrell make?
A. He subtracted 0.7 from 3.4 instead of multiplying the two numbers.
B. He multiplied 3 by 0.7 but did not multiply 0.4 by 0.7.
C. He divided 3.4 by 0.7 instead of multiplying the two numbers.
D. He multiplied 0.4 by 0.7 but did not multiply 3 by 0.7.
D
Which decimal makes the following equation true?
216.12 = 0.2 + 16.01 + ?
A. 199.91
B. 200.09
C. 200.11
D. 232.33
A