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Cho has 1/5 liter of water. He pours equal amounts of his water into 3 cups.
What is 1/5
1/3 divided by 4
What is 1/12
Tomas ¡s is cutting a board into 1/4-yard pieces. If the board is 3 yards long, how many pieces can Tomas cut?
What is 12 pieces
3 divided by 1/4 = 12
Mr. Holms used 4/5 of a carton of orange juice. He used equal amounts of the leftover juice for 2 servings. What fraction of the whole carton of juice did he use for each serving?
What is 1/10 of the carton
1 - 4/5 = 1/5
1/5 divided by 2 = 1/10
What is 2/7
A 4-foot board is cut into pieces that are 1/2 foot in length. How many pieces are there?
What is 4
1/4 divided by 5
What is 1/20
Archie can walk 1 mile in 1/3 hour. How far can he walk in 3 hours?
What is 9 miles
3 divided by 1/3 = 9
A farmer owns 24 acres of land. He plans to use 6 acres for an entrance into the farm and partition the remaining land into 1/3-acre lots. How many 1/3 -acre lots will he have?
What is 54 lots
24 - 6 = 18
18 divided by 1/3 = 54
How would I write 1/12 as a division problem?
What is 1 divided by 12
Diana has 9 pounds of potting soil. She is putting 1/4 pound of soil in each flowerpot. How many flowerpots can Diana fill with soil?
What is 9
8 divided by 1/4
What is 32
Mrs. Webster wants to divide 6 pints of water into 1/3-pint servings. How many servings are possible?
What is 18 pints of water
6 divided by 1/3 = 18
A baker has 15 cups of flour. He sets aside 4 cups of flour, and uses the rest or a cookie recipe that calls for 1/2 cup of flour. How many batches of cookies can the baker make?
What is 22 batches
15 - 4 = 11
11 divided by 1/2 = 22
7 divided by 1/4
What is 28
A relay race is 1/4-mile long and is run by 4-member teams. If each team member runs the same distance, what fraction of a mile does each team member run?
What is 1/4
9 divided by 1/9
What is 81
One half of a cantaloupe was shared equally among 3 people.
What is 1/6
1/2 divided by 3 = 1/6
Anna plants peas 4/7 of her garden and herbs in 2/7 of it. She divides the rest of the garden into 22 sections. What fraction of the original garden is each section?
What is 1/14
4/7 + 2/7 = 6/7
1 - 6/7 = 1/7
1/7 divided by 2 = 1/14
How many 1/2-foot pieces can be cut from a 6-foot ribbon?
What is 12
6 divided by 1/2 = 12
Teresa has two 6-foot pieces of ribbon. One piece she cuts into 1/4-foot pieces. The other piece she cuts into 1/2 -foot pieces. How many 1/4-foot pieces can she cut from one piece of ribbon?
What is 6
1/11 divided by 6
What is 1/66
A 4-pound package of peanuts is divided into 1/4-pound packages. How many 1/4-pound packages are there?
What is 16
4 divided by 1/4 = 16
Jasmine and four friends moved 23 pounds of dirt. Each friend moved the same amount of dirt. Use an equation to find how much dirt each friend moved.
What is 4 3/5 of dirt
4 + 1 = 5 friends
23 divided by 5 = 23/5 = 4 3/5
Ivanna says that 2 4/9 equals 9 , 22. Is she
correct? Explain.
What is no
Sample explanation: Ivanna reversed 9 and 22 in the expression. it should be:
2 x 9 = 18
18 + 4 = 22
Put 22/9 = 22 divided by 9