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Fractions Divided by a Whole #
100
3 divided by 1/3
9
100
You have 10 basketballs that you want to share equally among 5 students. Draw a picture to represent how you will divide the basketballs evenly.
2 balls for each student
100
You have 4/5 of a candy bar that 3 friends ask to have. If you give what you have to those 3 friends, how much did each one get?
4/15
100
You are going to throw a birthday party. You order 3 1/2 pints of ice cream and you serve 1 3/4 of a pint to each guest. how many guests can be served?
2 guests
100
You have 1/2 a candy bar that you want to give to 3 friends. How much does each friend get?
1/6 of a bar each
200
4 divided by 2/5
10
200
Draw a picture to represent the following problem: (You do not have to solve it!) 2 divided by 2/3
3
200
Sam has 3/4 pounds of potatoes, but his mom needs them split into groups of 1/2 pound each. How many groups can be made?
1 1/2 groups
200
Ms. Deb has 2 1/4 gallons of orange juice. It takes 1 1/5 gallons to fill one container. How many containers can she fill?
1 7/8 containers
200
3/4 of a sandwich is to be split among twin brothers. How much did each brother get?
3/8 of a sandwich
300
If Jessie has 2 pounds of apples that she wants to divide into groups of 3/4 pounds each, how many groups can be made?
2 2/3 groups
300
You have 3 2/3 cups of coffee that you want to give to 2 friends. DRAW A PICTURE to represent how you could divide your coffee up equally among the 2 people.
1 5/6 cups for each person
300
If you were to write out this expression using only words, what would you write? 3/5 รท 6/7 You don't have to solve! Just write out what it's asking for!
How many six-sevenths can we fit into three-fifths? How many groups of 6/7 can we get from 3/5?
300
Mrs. Jeremy has 4 2/3 yards of material for a new feather boa. Each boa that she makes requires 1 1/6 yards of material. How many new boas will she be able to make with this material?
4 new boas
300
Liam has a bag of Legos weighing 4/5 of a pound. He decides to put that amount into bags weighing 2/3 of a pound each. How many bags would he be able to fill?
1 1/5 bags
400
If Patrick wants boards that measure 2/5 ft. each and he has one long board measuring 6 feet, how many boards can he make?
15
400
There are 2 4/5 tons of bricks in the supply store. How can we divide these bricks up evenly amongst 3 people waiting in line? DRAW A MODEL to represent your understanding.
14/15
400
Sarah has 2/3 of a gallon of milk, that she needs to separate into bottles measuring 1/5 of a gallon each. How many bottles will she be able to make?
3 1/3
400
Ms. Ellen is making a doghouse for her new puppy, an adorable greyhound. She has one piece of wood that is 3 4/7 yards long. She needs to cut it into 2 1/2 equal pieces. How long should she cut each piece? DRAW A MODEL and SOLVE THE ALGORITHM...
1 3/7 yards each
400
How many thirds are in 4/5? DRAW A MODEL and SHOW THE ALGORITHM...
2 2/5
500
Mrs. Garcia wanted to make hair bows, where each bow measured 3/5 in. If she began with 5 in. of ribbon, how many bows was she able to make?
8 1/3 bows
500
You have a sheet of paper that is 8 1/3 inches long. Mrs. Logan asks you to divide the paper into 5 equal columns? DRAW A PICTURE and SHOW AN ALGORITHM to defend how many inches each column would be.
1 2/3 inches each column
500
How many fourths are in 6/4. DRAW A MODEL and SHOW AN ALGORITHM to match.
6
500
At the end of the night, a pizza place had 3 1/4 pizzas left over. The employees divided what was there into boxes measuring 1 2/3 pizzas each. How many groups were they able to make?
1 19/20 groups
500
What will the answer to 1/2 divided by 3/4 yield? A whole/mixed number or a fraction? How do you know? Explain in words.
Fraction because the dividend is less than the divisor.