X Fractions
Dividing Fractions
Word Problems
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100
1/4 X 3/5
What is 3/20?
100
5/16 divided by 1/2
What is 5/8?
100
1. A tree was measured at 12 and 3/8ft last year. This year, its height is 17 and 1/4ft. How much did the tree grow over the last year?
What is 4 and 7/8 ft?
100
3 and 1/3 X 1 and 1/4
What is 4 and 1/6?
100
A student added 2/8 + 3/8 and got 5/16. What was the student's mistake? What is the correct answer?
The student added the denominators. Correct answer: 5/8
200
9/10 X 2/3
What is 3/5?
200
3/4 divided by 2/3?
What is 1 and 1/8?
200
A student has 3 and 1/3hrs of homework this week. If the student has completed 3/4 of his homework, how much has the student completed?
What is 2 and 1/2 hours?
200
15 - 3 and 3/4
What is 11 and 1/4?
200
A student subtracted 10 and 1/7 - 3 and 5/7 and got 6 and 6/7. What did the student do wrong? What is the correct answer?
The student added a ten to the numerator instead of adding 7/7. Correct answer: 6 and 3/7
300
To make a fruit punch drink, you use 1/3 cup of water. You want to make 6 drinks. How many cups of water do you need?
What is 2 cups?
300
2 and 1/6 divided by 3 and 5/6?
What is 13/23?
300
If it takes 3 and 2/5yds of fabric to make a sweater, how many yards of fabric would be needed for 10 sweaters?
What is 34 yards?
300
3 and 3/4 divided by 4 and 1/2
What is 5/6?
300
A student multiplies two mixed numbers, 2 and 3/5 X 1 and 1/3, and finds the product to be 2 and 3/15. Explain the student's mistake. What is the correct answer?
The student did not turn the fractions improper before multiplying. Correct answer: 3 and 7/15
400
4 and 2/3 X 3/4
What is 3 and 1/2?
400
12 and 3/4 divided by 4 and 1/2?
What is 2 and 5/6?
400
If the width of a picture is 2 and 1/2in, how many pictures can be put side by side on a wall that is 120in wide?
What is 48 pictures?
400
Use compatible numbers to estimate. 43 1/7 divided by 6 and 5/7?
What is 6?
400
A one-serving recipe calls for 1/3 c of vegetable oil for a marinade and 1/6 c of oil for the sauce. You have 3 and 1/2 c of vegetable oil. How many servings can you make?
What is 7 servings?
500
A recipe calls for 2 and 3/4 cups of flour. You want to triple the recipe and add another 1/4 cup. How much flour will you need?
What is 8 and 1/2 cup?
500
1 and 5/9 divided by 2 and 1/3
What is 2/3?
500
Mike is moving boxes for work. One box weighs 3 and 2/3lbs. Another weighs 5 and 1/6lbs. If a third box weighs 4 and 5/8lbs, what is the total weight of the three boxes Mike had to move?
What is 13 and 11/24 pounds?
500
150 divided by 2 and 2/3
What is 56 and 1/4?
500
Your friend wrote the reciprocal of 5 and 3/8 as 5 and 8/3. Explain why this is incorrect and provide the correct reciprocal.
They did not include the whole number. The friend should have turned the original fraction improper before they flipped it. Correct answer: 8/43