Division Expressions
Four friends equally share 3/4 cup of ice cream.
3/4 ÷ 4
This multiplication expression is equivalent to 1/2÷3
1/2 x 1/3
A rope is 2 1/2 feet long. Jenna uses 1/3 of the rope.
How long is the rope she used?
5/6 feet
Find 1/4 ÷ 2.
Draw a Diagram
1/8
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A baker uses 2/3 of her 4 1/2 cups of sugar for cookies. She then divides the remaining sugar equally among 5 different cake recipes.
Write both a division expression AND a multiplication expression for how much sugar each cake recipe gets, then solve.
2/3 ÷ 5 = 2/3 × 1/5 = 3/10 cups
Five students split 2/3 pound of clay equally.
2/3 ÷5
This multiplication expression is equivalent to 2/5÷4
2/5 x 1/4
A trail is 4 3/4 miles long. Sam hikes 2/5 of the trail.
How far did Sam hike?
1 9/10 miles
Find 2/3 ÷ 4
Draw a diagram
1/6
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Elena walks 3/4 of a 5 2/3 mile trail on Monday.
On Tuesday, she walks 1/6 of the total trail distance.
How much farther did she walk on Monday than on Tuesday?
3 1/4 miles farther?
(Monday: 4 1/4 miles, Tuesday: 17/18 miles)
Eight teammates share 5/6 gallon of sports drink.
5/6 ÷8
This multiplication expression is equivalent to 3/7÷6.
3/7 x 1/6
A book has 6 2/3 chapters. Maya reads 3/4 of the book.
How many chapters did she read?
5 chapters
Find 3/5 ÷ 6
Draw a Diagram
1/10 or equivalent
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A pizza is cut into 12 equal slices. If 5/8 of the pizza is shared equally among 4 friends, and the remaining pizza is shared equally among 3 other friends,
who gets more pizza per person and by how much?
the second group gets 1/8 slice MORE per person
(First group: 15/32 slice each, Second group: 1/2 slice each)
Six friends equally divide 7/8 pizza.
7/8÷6
This multiplication expression is equivalent to 5/8 ÷ 7
5/8 x 1/7
A garden plot is 3 5/8 square meters. 4/7 of it is planted with vegetables.
How many meters of the garden is vegetables?
2 1/14 square meters
Find 5/8÷10
Draw a diagram
1/16 or equivalent
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Marcus has 2 5/6 pounds of trail mix. He eats 1441 of it himself, then divides the rest equally into 7 bags for his hiking group.
Write a complete equation showing all operations needed to find how much trail mix is in each bag.
(2 5/6 − 2 5/6 ×1/4) ÷ 7 = 17/12 ÷ 7 =
17/84 pounds
Nine workers share 11/12 hour of break time equally
11/12÷9
This multiplication expression is equivalent to 4/9÷12
4/9 x 1/12
A recipe calls for 5 1/6 cups of flour. Alex uses 3/5 of that amount of flour.
How much flour did he use?
3 1/10 cups
Find 7/12 ÷ 14
Draw a diagram
1/24 or equivalent
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A rectangular garden is 6 2/5 meters by 4 1/3 meters.
If 3/8 of the garden area is divided equally among 6 vegetable plots, what is the area of each vegetable plot?
Show your work using both the area calculation and division.
171/80 or 2 11/80 square meters
(Total area: 27 11/15 sq m, so 3/8 of area: is 10 1/4 ÷ by 6)