Basic Fractions
Turn 1 divided by 13 into a fraction
What is 1/13?
6 divided by 1/6
What is 36?
Teresa has two 8-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 36 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 8 divided by 1/4= 8x4= 36.
A 12 pound package of peanuts is divided into 1/4 pound packages. How many 1/4 pounds packages are there?
What is 48 packages?
Write 2/73 as a division problem
What is 2 divided by 73?
20 divided by 1/3
What is 60?
Teresa has two 8-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 8 divided by 1/2= 8x2=16 pieces?
A 15 foot long playground is marked off into 1/5 foot long sections for a game. How many sections are there?
What is 75 sections?
Write 7 divided by 3 into a fraction, then simplify if you can.
What is 7/3, What is 2 1/3?
25 divided by 1/10
What is 250?
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 14 divided by 3 into a fraction, then simplify if you can.
What is 4 2/3?
50 Divided by 1/12
What is 600?
A landscapers truck is filled with 1/ 3ton of gravel. The gravel is shared equally among 6 projects. Write and solve a division equation to find how much gravel each project will get.
What is 1/3 divided by 6= 1/18 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, then simplify if you can.
What is 36?
43 divided by 1/11
What is 473?
A pastry chef has a container with 5/7 pound of sprinkles. The chef needs to spread the sprinkles evenly among 9 cakes. What fraction of the original bags of sugar will he use for each cake?
What is 5/63?
Tell what fraction each person gets when they share equally.
11 friends share 3 oranges
9 cousins share 2 watermelons
What is 3/11
What is 2/9