Fractions & Division
What is the division expression as a fraction? 11 ÷ 17
11/17
eleven seventeenths
How can you write 10/3 as a division expression AND as a mixed number?
10 ÷ 3; 3 and 1/3
How many 1/8's are in 3?
There 24 1/8's in 3.
How many 1/3's are in only 5?
There are 15 1/3's in 5.
Over the last four weeks, Summer worked 16 hours, 20 hours, 14 hours, and 15 hours. She earns $9 per hour. How much did she earn over the last four weeks?
Summer earned $585.00
Tell what FRACTION each person gets when they share equally: 8 students share 6 Snickers bars.
6/8 or 3/4 Snickers bars
Three friends are going hiking. They bought a 5 pound tub of trail mix to share equally. How much will each friend get? What is the correct
Each person will 1 and 2/3rd's pounds of trail mix.
A sandwich shop prepares large wraps and cuts them into fourths. Each fourth is one serving. William buys 5 whole wraps for a party. How many servings in all does he get? Solve this problem any way you choose. Write down the way you solved the answer.
5 ÷ 1/4 =20 or 5 X 4 =20
15 ÷ 1/8
120
Elizabeth bought 2 1/2 pounds of apples,3 3/8 pounds of oranges, and 1 1/4 pounds of pears. How many pounds of fruit did she buy in all?
Elizabeth bought 7 1/8 pounds of fruit.
Four people want waffles for breakfast. There are 6 waffles left. How can 6 waffles be shared equally among 4 people? How much does each person get? What is the correct fraction?
1 1/2 or 1 2/4
Kahlani has an 18-pound bag of plotting soil. She divides it evenly among 5 flowerpots. How much soil is in each pot? Write your answer as a fraction or mixed number.
There will be 3 and 3/5's pounds of potting soil in each flowerpot.
Write and solve a division equation to find the number of 1/4 pound hamburger patties that can be made from 9 pounds of ground beef.
36 hamburger patties
How many 1/6's are there in 3?
There are 18 1/6's in 3.
82,710
Cameron is sharing 8 slices of pizza with 5 friends. How many slices will each person get? What is the correct fraction?
1 3/5 slices of pizza
Tell how much each person gets when they share equally: 2 girls share 7 yards of ribbon. Write the answer as a fraction THEN as a mixed number.
fraction 7/2 yards of ribbon
mixed number 3 and 1/2 yards of ribbon
Ruby makes beaded bracelets for a craft fair. She uses 1/4 yard of yarn for each bracelet. How many bracelets can she make from 10 yards of yarn?
Ruby can make 40 bracelets for the craft fair.
One ball of dough can be stretched into a circle to make a pizza. After the pizza is cooked, it is cut into 9 equal slices. How many slices of pizza can you make with 8 balls of dough? Solve this problem any way you choose
You will make 72 slices of pizza.
Question C
Sherese says that 5/6 equals 6 ÷ 5. Is she correct? Why or why not? Defend your answers with math details!
No; Sherese reversed the 5 and the 6 in the division expression 5/6 = 5 ÷ 6.
Nova bought a 100-pound bag of dog food. He gave his dogs the same amount of dog food each week. The dog food lasted 8 weeks . How much dog food did Nova give his dogs each week? Give the answer as a mixed number.
12 1/2 pounds of dog food each week
Part A: Describe Audrey’s work by writing a division equation that includes a fraction.
Part B: Check your answer by using the numbers in your division equation to write a multiplication equation.
Part A: 5 ÷ 1/8 = 40
Part B: 40 X 1/8 =5
Use the diagram to write a division problem, your problem must include a whole number and a fraction. Your answer will be 12
4 ÷ 1/3 = 12
Write the number in WORD form 869.05
eight hundred sixty-nine and 5 hundredths