Division of Fractions
1/2 ÷ 5 = 1/ ☐ of 1/2
What is 5?
4/5 of the money collected from a fundraiser was divided equally among 8 grades. What fraction of the money did each grade receive?
What is 1/10?
Decide on an interpretation (measurement or partitive).
What is the first step in creating division stories?
15/16 is 1 sixteenth groups of what size?
What is group size of 15?
2/3 ÷ 3/4
3/5 ÷ 3/2
What is 8/9?
What is 2/5?
3/4 ÷ 6 = 1/☐ of 3/4
Find the quotient, also
What is 1/8?
Meyer used 6 loads of gravel to cover 2/5 of his driveway. How many loads of gravel will he need to cover his entire driveway?
What is 15 loads?
The rule for dividing fractions is ________
What is KCF (Keep Change Flip)?
7/8 teaspoons is 1/4 groups of what size?
What is group size 3 and 1/2?
22/4 ÷ 2/5
What is 55/4?
How many 1/4 teaspoon doses are in 7/8 teaspoon of medicine?
What is 3 and 1/2 doses?
An athlete plans to run 3 miles. Each lap around the schoolyard is 3/7 mile. How many laps will the athlete run?
What is 7 laps?
Choose a unit.
What is the fourth step in creating division stories?
A 4-cup container of food is 2/3 groups of what size?
What is group size of 6?
Rewrite this division expression as an equivalent multiplication expression: 4/7 ÷ 2/3. Give two ways.
What is 4/7 ÷ 3/2 or 4/7 x 1/2 x 3?
How many 2/3 cups servings are in a 4 cup container of food?
What is 6 servings?
In two hours, Holden completed 3/4 of his race. How long will it take Holden to complete the entire race?
What is 2 and 2/3
Set up a situation based on the model. This means writing a story problem that is interesting, realistic, and short. It may take several attempts before you find a story that works well with the given dividend and divisor.
What is the fifth step increating division stories?
Fill in the blank to complete the equation. Then, find the quotient.
1/4 ÷ 7 = 1/□ of 1/4
5/6 ÷ 4 = 1/□ of 5/6
What is 1/4÷7 = 1/7of 1/4 = 1/28 and
5/6 ÷ 4 = 1/4 of 5/6 = 5/24 ?
Summer used 2/5 of her ground beef to make burgers. If she used 3/4 pounds of beef, how much beef did she have at first?
What is 1 and 7/8?
Double points:
Write a story problem using the measurement interpretation of division for the following 3/4 ÷ 1/8 = 6.
Possible Answer:
Arthur divided 3/4 of his kingdom into parcels of land, each being 1/8 of the entire kingdom. How many parcels did he make?
It took Mario 10 months to beat 5/8 of the levels on his new video game. How many years will it take for Mario to beat all the levels?
What is 1 and 1/3 years?
Double Points:
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What is 1/2 ÷ 1/8
Double Points:
Write a story problem using the partitive interpretation of division for the following: 25÷5/8 = 40.
Zolanda spent 5/8 of her class period, or 25 minutes, taking notes. How long was the class period?
Alistair has 5 half-pound chocolate bars. It takes 1and 1/2 pounds of chocolate, broken into chunks, to make a batch of cookies. How many batches can Alistair make with the chocolate he has on hand?
What is 1 full batch plus 2/3 of a batch?