Relate Fractions to Division
Complete the equation.
___ ÷___ = 13/4
13 ÷ 4=
A basketball league orders 50 new basketballs for the 8 teams in the league. Each team gets the same number of basketballs. The league gives the greater number of basketballs possible to each team. How many basketballs does each team get?
6 basketballs with 2 left over
6 ÷ 1/3=
18
A restaurant serves its slices of pizza as 1/6 of a whole pizza. How many slices of pizza can the restaurant serve from 2 whole pizzas?
12 slices of pizza
complete the equation
___ ÷___=3/5
3 ÷ 5=3/5
A pitcher holds 56 fluid ounces of lemonade. Alice pours an equal amount into each of the 6 glasses until the picture is empty. How much lemonade does Alice pour into each glass?
9 2/6
9÷1/4=
36
In Felicia's flower garden, 1/3 of the flowers are tulips. She plants 3 different colors of tulips. What fraction of Felicia's flower garden is each color of tulips?
1/9
Complete the equation.
___ ÷___ = 5/9
5 ÷9= 5/9
She gave 4 bracelets with 2 left over.
8÷1/3=
24
Clancy made 50 wood carvings to sell at a craft show. He sold the same number of wood carvings each of the 6 days of the show. Did Clancy sell all of his wood carvings? Explain.
No. 50÷6=8 R2. At most he could have sold 8 wood carvings each day, but then he would have 2 wood carvings left over.
A baker makes 6 loaves of bread using 7 pounds of dough. If each loaf is the same weight, how many pounds is one loaf of bread?
7/6
There were 210 balloons at a fair. Each of the 50 children that attended the fair got the same number of balloons. How many balloons did each child get?
4 balloons there were 10 left over.
1/3 ÷ 6=
1/18
Helena has 1/4 of a jigsaw puzzle left to build. She wants to finish the puzzle by completing the same amount each day for the next 3 days. How much of the puzzle should Helena complete each day? Explain.
1/12 of the puzzle. over 3 days, she should complete 1/4 ÷ 3=1/12 of the puzzle each day.
A group of 8 hikers has 7 pounds of trail mix to share equally. How many pounds of trail mix does each hinder get?
7/8
Grace walked 20 miles over the course of a week. She walked the same number of miles each day. How many miles did she walk each day?
2 6/7 miles
1/2÷2=
1/4
A caterer provides 10 pounds of coleslaw for an event. They plan to serve 1/6 pound in each serving bowl. If they use 1/8 pound of coleslaw in each bowl instead of 1/6 pound, how many more bowls of coleslaw can they serve? Explain.
20 more bowls; 1/6 pound allows 10 ÷ 1/6=60 bowls to be served. Using 1/8 pound allows 10 ÷ 1/8=80 to be served. Then 80-60=20; so 20 more bowls can be served.