Fraction by Whole Number
You are going to a birthday party. You order 6 pints of ice cream for the party. If you serve 3/4 of a pint to each guest, how many guests can be served?
6 divided by 3/4 is equal to 8
Draw 2/4 divided by 2 on your boards as a model with the quotient.
Ms. Deb has 2 and 1/4 gallons of orange juice. It takes 3/4 of a gallon to fill one container. How many containers can she fill?
2 1/4 divided by 3/4 is 3
two groups split into fourths. Final answer is 1/6
Mr. Jeremy has 4 and 2/3 yards of material for a new feather boa. Each boa that he makes requires 1 and 1/6 yards of material. How many new boas will he be able to make with this material?
4 new boas
Is this a correct explanation of the following model equation?
3/8 divided by 4=
8 groups split into thirds and the answer is 4/32
No
8 groups split into fourths and the answer is 3/32
Dan used 3/4 of a roll of wrapping paper to wrap 5 gifts. What fraction of the roll of wrapping paper did each present use?
3/4 divided by 5 is 3/20
Draw a model to solve.
1/3 divided by 3.
1/9
Maria is with three friends. They have 1/2 of a pizza. She wants to share it equally with 3 friends and herself. How much pizza will each person get?
1/2 divided by 4 = 1/8
1680/14 Solve
120