Dividing Whole Numbers by Unit fraction
12 ÷ 1/2
24
1/2 ÷ 2
1/4
5÷ 1/2
10
Cynthia has a piece of wood that is 6 feet long. She cuts it into 1/2 foot pieces. How many pieces does she have?
12 pieces of wood
A baker has 10 cups of flour. He sets 3 cups of flour aside and uses the rest for a cookie recipe that calls for 1/2 of flour. How many batches of cookies can the. baker make?
14 batches of cookies. 10-3=7. 7 cups divided by 1/2 cup = 14.
7÷1/5
35
1/5 ÷ 3
1/15
4 ÷ 1/2
8
Daniel used 1/2 of a package of cornbread mix. He will use the equal parts of the leftovers to make 5 batches of cornbread. What fraction of the original package will he use for each batch?
She will use 1/10 of the original package
Alex is cutting a board into 1/5 yard pieces. If the board is 4 yards long, how many pieces can Alex cut? Write the equation and solve.
4 ÷ 1/5 = 20
6÷1/6
36
1/8 ÷ 2
1/16
1/3 ÷ 3
1/9
Alex, Jamie, and Logan equally share a 1/3 of a piece of pie. What fraction of the original pie did each of them get?
1/9
Liz has 4 pounds of potting soil. She is putting 1/3 of the soil in each flowerpot. How many flowerpots can she fill with soil?
12 flowerpots. 4÷1/3= 12
4÷1/3
12
1/6 ÷5
1/30
1/4 ÷ 7
1/28
Cecil and three friends ran a 15 mile relay race. Each friend ran an equal distance. How many miles did each person run?
15÷ 4= 3 3/4
One half of cantaloupe was shared equally among 3 people. What fraction of the whole cantaloupe did each person get?
1/6 og the whole cantaloupe. 1/2 ÷ 3=1/6
2 ÷ 1/4
8
1/6 ÷4
1/24
6 ÷ 1/8
48
Mrs. Webster wants to divide 6 pints of water into 1/3 pint servings. How many servings are possible?
18 servings. 6÷ 1/3 =18
A farmer owns 15 acres of land. He plans to use 6 acres for an entrance into the farm and splits the remaining lang into 1/3 acre lots. How many 1/3 acre lots will he have?
He will have 27 lots that are 1/3 acres. 15-6= 9. 9÷ 1/3=27