Dividing Fractions Word Problems
Divide Whole Numbers and Fractions
Divide Fractions by Fractions
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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

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1 ÷ 1/2

2

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1/3 ÷ 1/2

2/3

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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

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1/4 ÷ 5

1/20

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7/10 ÷ 2/3

21/20

(1  1/20)

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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

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11 ÷ 2/3

33/2

(16  1/2)

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4/5 ÷ 1/4


16/5

(3  1/5)

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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

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15 ÷ 5/6

90/5

(18)

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7/8 ÷ 1/2

14/8

(7/4, 1 6/8,  1 3/4)

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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)

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5/8 ÷ 10

5/80

(1/16)

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11/15 ÷ 4/5

55/60

(11/12)

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