Dividing Fractions Word Problems
A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl used one-fifth of a potato?
35 bowls
A baker has 1/2 a block of chocolate. She wants to use an equal amount of that chocolate in each of 4 different batches of cookies.How much of the original block of chocolate will go into each batch of cookies?
1/8 of the block
A recipe calls for 1/3 cup of milk. The chef wants to divide this milk equally to pour into 2 small tasting cups. How much milk goes into each tasting cup?
1/6 cup
1 ÷ 1/2
1/3 ÷ 4
1/12
A container of 7 metal beams weighed one-sixth of a ton. If every beam weighed the same amount, how heavy was each?
1/42
A construction worker has 6 yards of rope. He needs to cut the rope into smaller pieces that are each 1/3 of a yard long to use for hanging safety signs. How many pieces of rope can the worker cut?
18 pieces
A volunteer has 7 kilograms of birdseed. She wants to fill feeders that each require 1/2 kilogram of birdseed. How many feeders can the volunteer fill?
14 feeders
3 ÷ 1/4
12
1/2 ÷ 5
1/10
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?
24 loads
Olivia used 1/5 of a gallon of paint to decorate her bedroom. She worked for 3 hours, using the same amount of paint each hour until it was gone. What fraction of a gallon of paint did Olivia use during the first hour of decorating?
1/15 of a gallon
A piece of fabric is 1/4 of a yard long. A tailor cuts this fabric into 5 pieces of equal length. What is the length of each small piece of fabric?
1/20 of a yard
5 ÷ 1/3
15
1/4 ÷ 7
1/28
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?
1/18 of a foot
A chef prepares 28 pounds of pasta dough. He divides the dough into small portions, with each portion weighing 1/7 of a pound.
196 portions
A road crew needs to pave a path that is 45 miles long. They plan to complete the work in segments that are each 1/9 of a mile long. How many small segments will the road crew pave in total?
405 segments
4 ÷ 1/6
24
1/8 ÷ 6
1/48
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?
28 days
A pharmacist has 1/10 of a bottle of liquid medicine remaining. She must split this remaining medicine equally among 5 different patients.
1/50 of the bottle
A pharmacist has 1/10 of a bottle of liquid medicine remaining. She must split this remaining medicine equally among 5 different patients. What fraction of the total storage space was each worker responsible for unloading?
1/50 of the bottle
8 ÷ 1/8
64
1/9 ÷ 2
1/18