Fraction / Whole
What is 1/2 divided by 3?
1/6
What is 5 divided by 1/2?
10
Julian cut 1/3 yard of yarn into 4 equal pieces for an art project. What was the length of each piece of yarn?
1/12 yard
Lilly has 1/2 pound of pecans she wants to put equally on 5 salads. What fraction of a pound of pecans is put on each salad?
1/10 pound
See drawing #1.
1/2 divided by 3
What is 1/4 divided by 5?
1/20
What is 3 divided by 1/5?
15
Alex has 1/6 pound of carrot sticks. He puts an equal amount of carrot sticks into 3 snack bags. How much of a pound of carrot sticks does Alex put in each bag?
1/18 pound
Oliver has 9 buckets of sand. He wants to divide the sand into piles so each pile is 1/3 of a bucket. How many piles can Oliver make?
27 piles
See drawing #2.
2 divided by 1/4
What is 1/5 divided by 8?
1/40
What is 11 divided by 1/9?
99
Sara bought a package of 36 dog treats. She broke the treats so that each piece was 1/3 of a treat. How many pieces does Sara have?
108 pieces
Mariah used 1/4 cup of oil to bake 12 muffins. How much of a cup of oil did she use for each muffin?
1/48 cup of oil
See drawing #3.
1/3 divided by 4
What is 1/9 divided by 4?
1/36
What is 25 divided by 1/6?
150
Ms. Gomez is having 16 people over for a dinner party. She makes 10 cups of rice. If she plans to serve 1/2 cup of rice to each person, did Ms. Gomez make enough servings of rice?
Yes, she made 20 servings.
Charlie has a bouquet. 1/4 of the bouquet is made up of roses. There are equal amounts of 4 different colors of roses in the bouquet. What fraction of the bouquet is each color of rose?
1/16 of a bouquet
See drawing #4.
4 divided by 1/5
What is 1/14 divided by 7?
1/98
What is 32 divided by 1/8?
256
Sally can read 1 chapter in her book in 1/5 hour. How many chapters can she read in 3 hours?
15 chapters
A worker at Bubolz Nature Preserve wants to put markers along a trail every 1/5 mile. If the trail is a total of 7 miles long, how many markers do they need?
35 markers
See drawing #5
1/8 divided by 4