Fraction by Whole #
Whole # by Fraction
Fraction by Fraction
Story Problems
Story Problems
100

7/9 ÷ 14

1/18

100

5 ÷ 1/2

10

100

5/12 ÷ 2/3

5/8

100

A deli makes 10 lb of potato salad. If the deli sells portions of potato salad in 1/2 -lb containers, how many portions can the deli sell?

20

100

In Zach’s class, ⅗ of the 25 students are boys.  How many boys are in Zach’s class?

15 Boys

200

3/4  ÷ 5

3/20

200

12 ÷ 1/2

24

200

7/2 ÷ 3/4 

28/6

200

At Kelly’s school, ⅔ of the school playground is covered with grass, and ⅗ of the grassy area is a baseball field.  How much of the playground is the baseball field?

MAKE AN EQUATION & SOLVE

⅔ x ⅗ = 6/15 OR ⅖

⅖ of the playground is the baseball field

200

Our aquarium holds 5 liters of water.  If we use a scoop that holds ⅙ of a liter of water, how many scoops will fill the aquarium?

30

300

4/7  ÷ 8

4/56

300

4 ÷ 5/8

32/5

300

1    4/5 ÷  2/3

27/10

300

Marie's bird feeder holds 1/2 of a cup of birdseed. Marie is filling the bird feeder with a scoop that holds 1/4 of a cup. How many scoops of birdseed will Marie put into the feeder?

2

300

Shelly made cupcakes and wants to frost them.  She has 4 cups of frosting.  It takes ⅓ of a cup to frost each cupcake.  How many can she frost?

12 cupcakes

400

6/15  ÷ 7

6/105

400

7  ÷ 2/3

21/2

400

5  2/5 ÷ 3  5/6

163/115

400

The road repair crew can fix 1/2 mile of road a day. How many days will it take for them to fix 6   3/4 miles of road?

13.5 Days

400

There is a ½ of a pan of brownies left.  4 children are going to share it equally.  WHat fraction of the whole pan will each child get?

Write an EXPRESSION then solve.

1/8

500

8/15  ÷ 27

8/405

500

23  ÷ 5/8

184/5

500

1   1/2 ÷ 3   3/4

2/5

500

Cory says that 6 / ½ means the same as ½ of 6, so the answer is 3.  Do you agree with him?  WHY or WHY NOT?

INCORRECT

½ of 6 is ½ x 6 = 6/2 which is 3

6 / ½ = 12 (2 halves = 1 whole so 6 halves is 12)

500

A horse trough in the shape of a rectangular prism is being filled with water. The length of the trough is 4 ft and its width is 1  1/3 ft. When the height of the water in the trough is 1 3/4 ft, what is the volume of the amount of water in the trough?

112/12  OR  9   4/12

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