Dividing Factions
1/5 ÷ 1/4
4/5
Cheryl baked a cake and cut it into 8 equal slices. She ate 3 of them. What fraction of the cake did she eat?
3/8
Azeb read 42 pages in her book. Emely read 18 more pages. How many pages did Emely read?
60 pages
6/5 ÷ 5/3
18/25
Kiysem had 12 apples. He gave 1/4 of them to Melanie. How many apples did Kiysem give away?
3 apples
A watermelon weighs 8 pounds. A canteloupe is half the weight of the watermelon. How much does the canteloupe weigh?
4 pounds
A ribbon is 3/4 yards long. Each bow needs 1/8 yards of ribbon. How many bows can be made from the ribbon?
6 bows
Stacy bought a pizza with 10 slices. After her party, 4 slices were left. What fraction of the pizza was eaten?
6/10 or 3/5
36 teachers
A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of milk for each batch of pancakes. Cassie has 4 cups of milk. How many batches of pancake can she make?
6 batches
Barbara walked 3/5 of a mile on Monday and 4/5 of a mile on Tuesday. How far did she walk? Write your answer as a mixed number.
1 and 2/5 miles
One small box of pencils holds 15 pencils. A medium box holds three times as many pencils as the small box. A large box holds five times as many pencils as the small box. How many pencils altogether are in one medium box and one large box?
120 pencils
Cheryl has 5/6 of a pound of trail mix. She wants to pack it into bags that each hold 1/12 of a pound. How many bags can she fill?
10 bags
A recipe calls for 2/3 of a cup of sugar. Kaylen has 1/6 of a cup. How much more sugar does she need?
She needs 3/6 (or 1/2) of a cup of sugar.
A student earns $27 per hour at two jobs. He earns twice as much at the second job as he does at the first job. How much does he earn at the second job?
$18 per hour