Dividing Whole Numbers
Clue: To check if $4,800/ 24 = 200$, you can use this multiplication equation.
200x24=4,800
A carpenter has a piece of wood that is 11/12 of a foot long. He cuts off a piece that is 1/4 of a foot long to use for a shelf. How long is the piece of wood that is left over?
2/3 of a foot
There is 1/2 of a pan of lasagna left in the refrigerator. For dinner, Michael eats 1/3 of the leftover lasagna. What fraction of the whole pan did Michael eat?
1/6
The area of a rectangular sandbox is 8 square meters. The width of the sandbox is 1/2 meter. What is the length of the sandbox?
16 meters
A bakery produced 1,440 cookies today. If they pack exactly 12 cookies into every box, they will end up with this many full boxes
120 boxes.
Marcus spent 1/2 of an hour on his math homework and 2/5 of an hour on his reading homework. What is the total fraction of an hour that Marcus spent doing homework?
9/10
A community garden plot is a rectangle that is 2/3 of a yard wide and 4/5 of a yard long. What is the total area of the garden plot in square yards?
8/15
A group of 5 students has to share 1/2 of a gallon of blue paint equally for an art project. How much of a gallon does each student get?
1/10
The local arena has a total of 3,150 seats. If the seats are divided evenly into 15 sections, there are this many seats in each section.
210
On Monday, Sarah ran 7/8 of a mile. On Tuesday, she ran 3/4 of a mile. How much farther did she run on Monday than on Tuesday?
1/8 more
There are 32 computers in the school library. The librarian says that 3/8 of the computers are currently being used by students. How many actual computers are being used?
12
The school track team is running a relay race that is 4 miles long. If every runner on the team runs exactly 1/3 of a mile, how many runners are needed to complete the race?
12
A truck driver covered 1,872 miles. If he drove for exactly 36 hours, he averaged this speed in miles per hour.
52 MPH
For a science experiment, a student mixes 2/3 cup of water with 1/6 cup of oil. How much total liquid is in the beaker after the two ingredients are combined?
5/6
A recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for 3/4 of a cup of sugar. If a baker wants to make 5 batches of cookies for a bake sale, how many cups of sugar will she need in total?
3 3/4
Marcus has a bag of dog food that weighs 12 pounds. His small dog eats 1/4 of a pound of food every day. How many days will the bag of food last?
48 days
A local charity raised a grand total of $9,250. If the money came from 25 donors who all gave the exact same amount, this is how much each person donated.
$375
A class is planting a garden. They plant vegetables in 1/3 of the garden and flowers in 2/5 of the garden. The rest of the garden is left empty for a walking path. What fraction of the garden is used for the path?
4/15
A hiking trail is 10 miles long. A sign on the path says you have walked 2/5 of the total distance. How many miles have you walked so far?
4 miles
A tailor has a piece of silk ribbon that is 1/3 of a yard long. He cuts this piece into 3 shorter pieces of equal length. How long is each small piece of ribbon?
1/9 a yard