Dividing Whole # by Whole #
Dividing Whole Numbers with Fractions
Dividing Whole Numbers with Fractions 2
Word Problems
Mystery Questions
100

28 ÷  5 = a 

What is 28/5 or 5 3/5?

100
What is eighteen divided by one-third?
What is 54?
100
1/12 ÷ 6 =
What is 1/72?
100
Faye was trying to collect 5 pounds of cans to recycle. If she collects one-half of a pound each day, how many days will it take to collect 5 pounds?
What is 10 days?
100
9 divided by 1/2
What is18
200

7 ÷  9 = a

What is 7/9?

200
What is 3 ÷ 1/3?
9
200
This is 1/7 divided by 4.
What is 1/28?
200
A farmer was dividing up his one-fifth of an acre of land between his 3 children. Since each child got the same amount of land, what fraction of the acre did each get?
What is 1/15 of an acre?
200
1/3 divided by 4
1/12
300

Jack has 7 apples that he splits between 10 people. How much of an apple does each person get?

What is 7/10?

300
12 ÷ 1/4
What is 48?
300
Monica was swimming laps in the pool. She swam a total of 1/4 kilometer in 10 laps. What was the length of each lap she swam?
1/40 Kilometer
300
A container of 2 metal beams weighed one-seventh of a ton. If every beam weighed the same amount, how heavy was each?
What is 1/14 of a ton?
300
This is the math word for the 2 in the equation 8 divided by 4 equals 2.
What is quotient?
400

Ms. Nelson and Ms. Avila want to share the candy they bought with their 60 students. If the teachers bought 5 bags of candy, how much of a bag does each student get? 

Write the division equation used to solve this problem

What is 5 ÷  60 = A?


400
You have just bought 6 pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream for a party you are having. If you serve each of your guests 1/4 of a pint of ice cream, how many guests can you serve?
What is 24?
400
1/2 divided by 4
What is 1/8?
400
A group of 9 friends bought a one-fifth of a pound of bubblegum. If they split it equally, how much would each friend get?
What is 1/45 of a pound?
400
What will you always have when you divide a fraction by a whole number
a fraction
500

Ms. Nelson and Ms. Avila want to share the candy they bought with their 60 students. If the teachers bought 5 bags of candy, how much of a bag does each student get? 

Answer in simplest form

What is 1/12?

500
Devon hiked 4 miles. Each day he hiked 1/3 mile. How many days did he hike? Katie said one-third divided by four is the equation to solve the problem. Kevin said four divided by one-third is the equation to solve it. Who is correct?
Who is Kevin?
500
You and your friend are making an art project. The art teacher has given you 1/6 of a foot of tape. How many feet of tape will each of you receive if you both get the same amount? Carrie says this can be solved by dividing one-sixth by two. Dominic says it should be solved by dividing two by one-sixth. Which student set up the problem correctly?
Who is Carrie?
500
One-fourth of all of the pictures Allison posts to Instagram are of her dogs. She takes an equal number of pictures of all 3 of her dogs: King, Duke and Spike. If Allison has posted 480 pictures on her Instagram, how many pictures are of Duke?
What are 40 pictures?
500
Fred and Ben each ran laps around the track. Fred completed his run in 16 minutes. Ben completed his run in 3/4 of the amount of time of Fred’s run. What was Ben’s time?
What is 12 minutes?