Ch. 10 Dividing Fractions

10.1

100

1 / 2

1/2

200

3/10

3/10

300

8/10

4/5

400

How many 6s are in 1?

1/6

500

You cut a 6-foot streamer into 8 pieces of equal size. What is the length of each piece of feet? 

6/8 feet

10.2

100

8/3

2 2/3

200

10/4 

2 1/2

300

20/11

1 9/11

400

How many 3s are in 7?

2 1/3 

500

8 muffins are shared equally between 6 friends. How many whole muffins does each friend get? What fractional amount of a muffin does each friend get?

1 whole muffin and 1/3 of a muffin

10.3

100

4 divided by 1/2

8

200

7 divided by 1/4

28

300

2 divided by 1/10 

20

400

A litter of kittens weighs a total of 2 pounds. Each newborn kitten weights 1/4 pound. How many kittens are in the litter? 

8 kittens 

500

You have 2 boards that are each 8 feet long. You cut 1/2 foot pieces to make square picture frames. How many picture frames can you make?

8 frames 

10.4

100

1/7 divided by 2

1/14

200

1/3 divided by 7

1/21

300

1/6 divided by 5

1/30

400

You need 1/2 pound of clay to make a pinch pot. How many pinch pots can you make with 12 pounds of clay?

24 pinch pots

500

Your at teacher has 5 yards of yellow string and 4 yards of green string. She cuts both colors of string into 1/3 yard pieces to hand student artwork. How many pieces of student artwork can she hang?

27 pieces

10.5

100

A bag of 4 baseballs weighs 6 pounds. Each ball weighs the same. What is the weight of each baseball?

1 1/2 pounds

200

Eight friends share multiple veggie pizzas and each friend gets 3/8 of a pizza. How many pizzas do they share?

3 pizzas

300

A fruit drink is made using 7/4 quarts of orange juice and 5/4 quarts of pineapple juice. The drink is shared equally between 12 friends. What fraction of a quart does each friend get? 

1/4 of quart

400

A mechanic buys 1 gallon of oil. She uses 1/6 of the oil, and then divides the rest into smaller bottles. How much does she put into each bottle?

5/24 gallon 

500

You earn $4 dollars for every 1/2 you complete chores. How much money do you earn?

Taking out trash 2 1/2 hours

Cleaning dishes 1 1/2 hours

Walking the dog 1 hour

$40