Multiply and Divide Fractions
Rose has 5 bags of cookies for 8 people to share equally. How many bags of cookies will each person get?
5/8 bag
There are 7 friends sharing 3 pounds of grapes equally. How many pounds of grapes will each friend get?
3/7 pounds
Mike has pound 1/2(lb) of gumdrops. He gives 1/8 lb of his gumdrops to his sister. How many pounds of gumdrops does Mike have left over?
3/8 lb
Johanna pours 3 bottles of water equally into 12 cups. How much of a bottle of water is in each cup?
A. 1/36 of a bottle
B. 1/15 of a bottle
C. 1/9 of a bottle
D. 1/4 of a bottle
D. 1/4
A baker wants to divide 36 cups of flour evenly to bake 8 cakes. How many cups of flour will be in each cake?
A. Between 0 and 1
B. Between 4 and 5
C. Between 8 and 36
D. Between 27 and 29
B. Between 4 and 5
Mrs. Porter’s classroom has 12/24 of the students present. Then 4/12 of the total class leaves for a field trip. What fraction of the total class remains?
A. 2/3
B. 1/3
C. 1/6
D. 1/12
C. 1/6
Mrs. Miller is dividing 7 cups of milk equally between her 4 children. How much milk will each child receive?
A. Less than 1 cup
B. Between 1 and 2 cups
C. Between 2 and 3 cups
D. Exactly 3 cups
B. Between 1 an 2 cups
Jose has 12 brownies to share equally among 10 people. How much does each person get?
A. 1 Brownie
B. 1 1/6 Brownies
C. 1 1/5 Brownies
D. 1 5/6 Brownies
C. 1 1/5 Brownies
At a party, the guests ate 2/3 of the whole cake. Later, the guests ate 1/4 of the whole cake. How much of the cake was eaten?
11/12