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Dividing Fractions
100

What is the reciprocal of: 1/4

what is 4/1? what is 4?

100

You have 10 basketballs that you want to share equally among 5 students. Each student will get 2 basketballs.  Which number represents the number of groups?

What is 5?

100

If I need 18 bolts to build 3 shelves, how many bolts do I need to build 4 shelves?  Use a proportion to solve.

What is 24?
100

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?

what is 8 guests?

100

(5/12)÷ (5/18)

what is 3/2? what is 1 1/2?

200

What is the reciprocal of 18/3?

what is 3/18? what is 1/6?

200

I have 1/2 of a watermelon.  I will divide it into pieces that are 1/6 each.  This gives me 3 pieces.  Which number represents the total?

What is 1/2?

200

12.    |       8.      |        4.    |        0

3.     |        x.      |       1.     |        0


Find the value of x in the "table" above.

What is 2?

200

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?

what is 3 containers?

200
(3/7)÷(6/14)
1
300

What is the reciprocal of 155?

what is 1/155?

300

You have 3 and 2/3 cups of coffee that you want to share among 11 students. Each student gets 1/3 cups of coffee. Which number represents the size of each piece?

What is 1/3?

300

here is a "table" (sort of), please find the missing number:

28 | x

2   | 7

what is 98?

300

Mr. Jeremy has 4 2/3 yards of material for a new feather boa. Each boa that he makes requires 1 1/6 yards of material. How many new boas will he be able to make with this material?

what is 4 new boas?

300

(1/3)÷(1/8)

what is 8/3? what is 2 1/4?

400

What is the reciprocal of 12 2/5

what is 5/62?

400

There are 2 and 4/5 tons of bricks in the supply store. We divide this among 7 people and each person gets 2/5 tons of bricks.  Which number represents the size of the groups?

What is 2/5?

400

below is a table (sort of), please find the missing value:

54 | 72

3   | x 

what is 4?

400

Ms. Ellen is making a doghouse for her new puppy, an adorable greyhound. She has one piece of wood that is 6/7 of a yard long. She needs to cut it into 6 equal pieces. How long should she cut each piece?

what is 1/7 yard?
400

16/21 ÷ 20/28

what is 16/15? what is 1 1/15?

500

What is the reciprocal of 4x/7xy

what is 7xy/4x?

500

You have a sheet of paper that is 8 and 1/3 inches long. Each column is 5/3 inches long if you split it into 5 columns.  Which number represents the size of the groups?

What is 5/3?
500

look at the table (sort of), please find the missing value:

100 | 88 | x

  3  |  2  | 1

what is 44?

500

At the end of the night, a pizza place had 3/4 of a pizza left over. The 2 employees each took home the same amount of leftover pizza. How much pizza did each employee take home?

what is 3/8 pizza?

500

How many four-sevenths can I fit into thirty-two thirty-fifths?

what is 5/8?