Dividing Fractions Word Problems
A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl used 1/5 of a potato?
35 bowls
1 ÷ 1/2
2
1/3 ÷ 1/2
2/3
Mrs. Smith had a pitcher with 3/4 of a gallon of lemonade. She wants to split the lemonade evenly among 5 glasses. How much lemonade will each glass have?
3/20 of a gallon
1/4 ÷ 5
1/20
7/10 ÷ 2/3
21/20
(1 1/20)
A sub shop sold sandwiches that were 1/2 of a foot long. If you were to cut the sandwich into 9 equal pieces, what fraction of a foot would each piece be?
1/18 of a foot
11 ÷ 2/3
33/2
(16 1/2)
4/5 ÷ 1/4
16/5
(3 1/5)
Lana was trying to collect 4 pounds of cans to recycle. If she collects 1/7 of a pound each day, how many days will it take to collect?
28 days
15 ÷ 5/6
90/5
(18)
7/8 ÷ 1/2
14/8
(7/4, 1 6/8, 1 3/4)
Josh jogged 1/2 mile. Hailey 7/8 of a mile. How many times further did Hailey jog than Josh?
7/4 times as far
(1 3/4)
5/8 ÷ 10
5/80
(1/16)
11/15 ÷ 4/5
55/60
(11/12)