Fractions as Division
Write 1 divided by 2 in fraction form.
1/2
What is 8 divided by 3? Write your quotient as a mixed number.
2 and 2/3
What is 4 divided by 1/2?
8
Which of the following is the quotient to 1/7 divided by 2?
A) 14
B) 1/14
C) 140
B
How is an improper fraction written as a mixed number?
* Numerator divided by denominator
* quotient is the whole number part
* remainder and the denominator make the fractional part
Which fraction represents 3 divided by 10?
A) 10/3
B) 13/10
C) 3/10
D) 0.3
C
What is 6 divided by 5? Write your answer as a mixed number.
1 and 1/5
What is 6 divided by 1/5?
30
What is 1/2 divided by 9?
1/18
The first number in your division sentence is called the dividend. It represents:
A) What you are splitting up
B) How many groups you're splitting something into
A
You need to make 7 treat baskets for your teachers. You buy 4 pounds of candy to split equally among the baskets. What fraction of candy will the treat baskets get?
4/7
Remember: you are splitting the candy, not the baskets, so it cannot be 7/4.
What is 10 divided by 4? Write your answer as a mixed number.
2 and 2/4 or 2 and 1/2
Wat is 7 divided by 1/4?
28
True or false: 1/3 divided by 7 = 21
False, it equals 1/21
If Ms. Sapp buys 64 oz of candy and splits it among 20 students, how much candy will each student get? Write your answer as a mixed number.
3 and 4/20
Elizabeth says that 6/13 is the same thing as 13 divided by 6. Is she correct?
No, because 6/13 represents 6 divided by 13.
An animal shelter orders 100 pounds of wet food for all the animals. The wet food can stay fresh for 9 days. How many whole pounds of food do the animals eat each day? What fractional part of a pound do the animals eat each day?
11 pounds
1/9 pounds
11 and 1/9 pounds
You need 1/3 pound of paint to paint a picture. how many paintings can you make with 13 pounds of paint?
39
You buy 1/2 of apples. You equally divide the apples into 6 bags. What fraction of a pound of apples do you put into each bag?
1/12
You buy tickets to a carnival. 1/3 of your tickets is used on 4 rides. What fraction of your tickets do you use for each ride?
1/12
If 9 friends equally share boxes of cookies, and each friend gets 4/9 of a box of cookies, how many boxes of cookies do they share?
4
Between which two numbers is the quotient of 85 and 10?
Since the quotient is 8 and 5/10, it is between 8 and 9
Ms. Sapp is making a St. Patrick's Day craft. She has 6 yards of green string and 4 yards of yellow string. She cuts 1/5 yard long pieces to cut the string to make the crafts. How many crafts can she make?
50
You combine 1/6 cup of grapes, 1/3 cup of apples, and 1/2 cup of oranges to make a fruit salad. You equally divide the mixture of fruit into 3 containers. What fraction of fruit goes into the containers for the fruit salad?
6/18
How is a mixed number written as an improper fraction?
Multiply the whole number by the denominator then add the numerator = numerator of improper fraction.
The denominator stays the same.