Divide
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Word Problems
Word Problems Pt.2
Add/ Subtract
100

5 ÷ 1/4  

20

100

3 x 1/4

3/4

100

Mr. Pham has 1/4 pan of lasagna left in the refrigerator. He wants to cut the lasagna into equal slices so he can have it for dinner for 3 nights. How much lasagna will he eat each night?

He will have 1/12 lasagna each night.

100

Francisco has 6 pounds of chocolate, and needs to split it equally into sixths for each cookies. How many cookies can he make?

He can make 36 cookies 

100

1/3 + 2/6

4/6 or 2/3

200

12 ÷  1/8

96

200

8 x 5/10

4

200

Faye has 5 pieces of ribbon. She cuts each ribbon into sixths. How many sixths will she have after cutting all the ribbons?

She will have 30 pieces of ribbon.

200

George is making an art project and is going to cut 15 pieces of construction paper into thirds. How many pieces can he cut?

He can cut 45 pieces of paper.

200

5/8 -  1/2

1/8

300

1/4  ÷   8

1/32

300

11.3 x 2/10

13.56

300

David divides 3 pieces of paper into fourths. How many fourths does he have?

He will have 12 pieces of paper.

300

Ms. Garcia is dividing a piece of ribbon into eighths. How many eighths can she make from a 5 foot piece of ribbon? 

She can make 40 pieces of ribbon.
300

4/7 + 2/5 

34/35

400

1/7  ÷   9

1/63

400

0.64 x 2/5

0.256

400

A pitcher is filled with 1/8 of water. The water is poured equally into 2 glasses. What fraction of the water is in each glass?

There is 1/16 of water in each glass.

400

The serving size for pickles is 1/4 pickle. How many pickle servings can be made from jar of 15 pickles?

There can be 60 pickle servings made.

400

8/9 - 5/6

3/54

500

1/10 ÷  20

1/200

500

4.5 x 3/20

0.675

500

Carmen has 1/2 of a pizza left over. She wants to share the pizza with 3 of her friends. What fraction of the pizza will Carmen and her 3 friends each receive?

They will each receive 1/8 of the pizza.

500

Jessica is trying to make socks out of yarn. It takes 1/5 yarn to make each sock. How many socks can she make with 5 feet of yarn?

She can make 25 socks.

500

3/4 + 5/6

1  7/12