Fraction by Whole Number
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?
Tammy sells wedges of cheese at the local farmers' market. To make the wedges, she cuts a big 5-pound block of cheese into 16 pieces. How much does each wedge of cheese weigh?
5/16 pounds
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?
Chad has 3 cups of frosting to use for 28 cupcakes. He is extra careful to make sure each cupcake gets the same amount of frosting.How much frosting does each cupcake get?
3/28 cup
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?
Mr. Maynard's class is taking a field trip to a science museum. They will be at the museum for 3 hours, and they want to divide their time evenly among the 10 exhibits.How much time should they spend at each exhibit?
3/10 hours
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?
Shannon has 4 quarts of soup. If each serving of soup is 1/4 quart, how many servings of soup does she have?
16 quarts
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?
On the last day of school, Bryan wants to bring in homemade breakfast biscuits for his classmates. He makes a batch of 25 biscuits using 8 cups of flour. How much flour is in each biscuit?
8/25 cup