Dividing Fractions Word Problems
A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl used one-fifth of a potato?
35 bowls
1 ÷ 1/2
1/3 ÷ 4
1/12
A container of 7 metal beams weighed one-sixth of a ton. If every beam weighed the same amount, how heavy was each?
1/42
3 ÷ 1/4
12
1/2 ÷ 5
1/10
A bulldozer could carry one-eighth of a ton of sand. If a park needed 3 tons of sand, how many loads would the bulldozer need to carry?
24 loads
5 ÷ 1/3
15
1/4 ÷ 7
1/28
A sub shop sold sandwiches that were one-half of a foot long. If you were to cut the sandwich into 9 equal pieces, what fraction of a foot would each piece be?
1/18 of a foot
4 ÷ 1/6
24
1/8 ÷ 6
1/48
Lana was trying to collect 4 pounds of cans to recycle. If she collects one-seventh of a pound each day, how many days will it take to collect 4 pounds?
28 days
8 ÷ 4/8
16
1/9 ÷ 2
1/18