Find The Reciprocal
Vocabulary
Divide Whole Numbers by Fractions
Divide Fractions by Whole Numbers
Dividing Fractions Word Problems
100
Find the reciprocal of 1/5
What is 5?
100
The number in a division problem that you are splitting up (the first term in the division problem)
What is the Divisor?
100
1 ÷ 1/2
What is 2?
100
1/3 ÷ 4
What is 1/12?
100
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?
200
Find the reciprocal of 1/8
What is 8?
200
The number that tells you how many parts to divide a number into (the second term in a division problem)
What is the Dividend?
200
3 ÷ 1/4
What is 12?
200
1/2 ÷ 5
What is 1/10?
200
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?
300
Find the reciprocal of 6
What is 1/6?
300
The answer to a division problem
What is the Quotient?
300
5 ÷ 1/3
What is 15?
300
1/4 ÷ 7
What is 1/28?
300
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?
400
Find the reciprocal of 2
What is 1/2?
400
The name of the number that is formed when the numerator and denominator in a fraction are switched
What is the reciprocal?
400
4 ÷ 1/6
What is 24?
400
1/8 ÷ 6
What is 1/48?
400
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?
500
Find the reciprocal of 3
What is 1/3?
500

Mr. Markle's favorite football team

49ers

500
7 ÷ 1/8
What is 56?
500
1/9 ÷ 2
What is 1/18?
500
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?
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