Basic Fractions
Turn 1 divided by 8 into a fraction
What is 1/8?
6 divided by 1/6
What is 36?
Teresa has two 6-foot pieces of ribbon. One piece she cuts into 1/4 foot pieces. The other piece she cuts into 1/2 pieces.
How many 1/4 foot pieces can she cut from one piece of ribbon? Explain
What is 24 pieces?
What is I know that dividing 6 by a unit fraction is the same as multiplying 6 by the denominator of the unit fraction, so 6 divided by 1/2= 6x4= 24.
A 4 pound package of peanuts is divided into 1/4 pound packages. How many 1/4 pounds packages are there?
What is 16 packages?
Write 1/12 as a division problem
What is 1 divided by 12?
20 divided by 3
What is 60?
Teresa has two 6-foot pieces of ribbon. One piece she cuts into 1/4 foot pieces. The other piece she cuts into 1/2 pieces.
How many 1/2 foot pieces can be cut from the 6-foot ribbon?
What is 6 divided by 1/2= 6x2=12 pieces?
A 12 foot long playground is marked off into 1/5 foot long sections for a game. How many sections are there?
What is 50 sections?
Write 7 divided by 3 into a fraction
What is 2 1/3?
25 divided by 1/6
What is 150?
Josie has a rug with an area of 18 square feet that is 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. She will put the rug on a floor that is covered with 1/3 square foot tiles. How many tiles will the rug cover? What equation can you use to check your answer?
What is 54 tiles.
What is ? x 1/3= 18 or 18 divided by 1/3= ?
Sam divided 4 pounds of potatoes into 2/3 pound portions. How many 2/3 pound portions did Sam have?
What is 6 portions?
Write 13 divided by 2 into a fraction
What is 6 1/2?
50 Divided by 1/8
What is 400?
A landscapers truck is filled with 1/2 ton of gravel. The gravel is shared equally among 3 projects. Write and solve a division equation to find how much gravel each project will get.
What is 1/2 divided by 3= 1/6 ton.
Frank has the following ingredients to mix together to make packages of fruit mix. 2 1/4 lb. of apricots, 1 1/4 lb. of grapes, and 4 lb. of raspberries. How many 1/8 pound packages can he make?
What is 60 packages?
Write 72 divided by 2 into a fraction
What is 36?
43 divided by 1/11
What is 473?
A pastry chef has a container with 3/5 pound of sprinkles. The chef needs to spread the sprinkles evenly among 7 cakes. What fraction of the original bags of sugar will he use for each cake?
What is 3/35?
Tell what fraction each person gets when they share equally.
10 friends share 5 oranges
8 cousins share 2 watermelons
What is 1/2
What is 1/4