Divide by Fractions
1 divided by 1/2
2
1/2 divided by 2
1/4
Sofia is making Valentine's Day cookies for her class. Each heart-shaped cookie requires 2/3 cup of pink frosting. If she needs to make 8 cookies, how many cups of frosting will she need in total?
16/3 or 5 and 1/3 cups of frosting
Sarah is making heart-shaped cookies for her class Valentine's Day party. She has 1/2 of a batch of cookie dough and wants to divide it equally among 4 decorative bags for her closest friends. How much cookie dough will be in each bag?
There will be 1/8 batch of cookie dough in each bag.
1/2 x 1/4
1/8
3 divided by 1/4
12
1/3 divided by 4
Marcus is creating Valentine's cards and wants to decorate each one with ribbon. He has 3/4 yard of red ribbon and plans to use 1/6 of the ribbon for the cards. What fraction of the ribbon will he use for the cards?
Max has 1/3 of a large sheet of red construction paper. He wants to make identical Valentine's cards for each of the 6 students in his study group. What fraction of the original sheet will each card be?
Each card will have 1/18 of the original sheet.
4 x 1/3
4/3 or 1 and 1/3
2 divided by 1/3
6
1/4 divided by 3
1/12
Mrs. Johnson's class is making friendship bracelets for Valentine's Day. Each bracelet needs 1/4 yard of string, and they want to make 12 bracelets. How many yards of string will they need altogether?
They will need 3 yards of string.
Ms. Thompson has 8 students who need to share 1/4 of a package of Valentine's Day stickers equally. What fraction of the original package will each student receive?
Each student will receive 1/32 of the original package.
1/4 x 5
5/4 or 1 and 1/4
4 divided by 1/12
48
1/8 divided by 3
1/24
Emma is packaging Valentine's Day chocolates. She puts 2/5 pound of chocolates in each small box. If she uses 6/5 of chocolates,how many pounds of chocolate does she use?
She uses 12/25 pounds of chocolate.
Sarah is making Valentine's Day treat bags for her classmates. She has 12 chocolate bars and wants to put 1/4 of a chocolate bar in each treat bag. How many treat bags can Sarah make with her chocolate bars?
2/24 or 1/12
5 divided by 1/5
25
1/7 divided by 5
1/35
The school store is selling Valentine's Day stickers. Each sheet has 3/8 of the original sticker pack, and Juan wants to share 1/2 of his sheet with his best friend. What fraction of the original sticker pack will Juan's friend receive?
Juan's friend will receive 3/16 of the original sticker pack.
Mrs. Johnson's class is making heart-shaped cookies for their Valentine's Day party. They have 15 cups of pink frosting, and each cookie needs 1/3 cup of frosting. How many cookies can they frost with the frosting they have?
They can frost 45 cookies with the frosting they have.
2/3 x 5
10/3 or 1 and 1/3