Vocab
3.4 Divide Fractions
3.4 Word Problems
3.5 Divide Mixed Numbers
3.5 Word Problems
100

What is the reciprocal of 

5

1/5

100

Solve the following equation and write your answer as a whole number, mixed number, or fraction in simplest form

3/7 div 1/14

6

100

Juliet makes hot-chocolate mix to give as gifts. She has  4/5  pound of unsweetened cocoa. Each batch of hot-chocolate mix needs  1/4 pound of cocoa. 

1. Write a division equation 

2. Solve the equation

3. Interpret the quotient

1.

4/5 div 1/4

2. 

3 1/5

3. Juliet can make 3 whole batches

100

Solve the following equation and write your answer as a whole number, mixed number, or fraction in simplest form

2 4/5 div 4

7/10

100

A science teacher prepares an activity for her class. She cuts  3/4  yard of ribbon into 6 pieces of equal size. Write and solve an equation to find the length of each piece of ribbon

1/8 yard

200

What is the Dividend in the following equation?

2/3 div 1/2

2/3 

200

Solve the following equation and write your answer as a whole number, mixed number, or fraction in simplest form

3/8 div 3/32

4

200

Shania has  7/10  pound of plantain chips. She divides the plantain chips into  2/5  pound containers.

1. Write a division equation 

2. Solve the equation

3. Interpret the quotient

1. 

7/10 div 2/5 

2. 

1 3/4

3. Shania can make 1 whole container

200

Solve the following equation and write your answer as a whole number, mixed number, or fraction in simplest form

3 3/4 div 1 2/3

9/4 or 2 1/4

200

Analisa has  1/2 pound of baked beans. She divides the beans into 8 equal servings. Write and solve an equation to find how many pounds of baked beans are in each serving.

1/16 lb

300

What is the divisor in the following equation?

4/5 div 3/9

3/9

300

Solve the following equation and write your answer as a whole number, mixed number, or fraction in simplest form

2/5 div 1/15

6

300

Write a story for the following equation, find and interpret the quotient

5/8 div 1/8

Needs to have 

5

Needs to have 5/8 of something divided into 1/8 equal portions

300

Solve the following equation and write your answer as a whole number, mixed number, or fraction in simplest form

 4 1/2 div 2 7/10 

5/3 or 1 2/3

300

Create a word problem that accurately reflects the following equation and interpret the quotient

2 1/8 div 3/4

Needs to include 

2 5/6

400

When you divide two numbers or fractions your answer is called a ___________ (Spelling counts)

Quotient

400

Solve the following equation and write your answer as a whole number, mixed number, or fraction in simplest form

3/5 div 1/2

1 1/5

400

Find the error in the following story for the equation 

3/9 div 1/9

Amelia had 3/9 of a pound of chocolate. Her friend took 1/9 of that pound. How much chocolate does Amelia have left?

This story models subtraction.

We need 3/9 lb of chocolate divided into 1/9 equal pieces

400

Estimate: Is the quotient of  9/10 div 3  greater than or less than  9/10 div 2 

Less

400

3 bulletin boards

500

Interpret the quotient for the following problem (label your answer)

Problem: Chelsea has 8 lbs of trail mix divided into  3/4  lb bags to hike. She figured out that  8 div 3/4  is 6. This means she __________

Has 6 whole bags of trail mix
500

Solve the following equation and write your answer as a whole number, mixed number, or fraction in simplest form

14/18 div 7/8

8/9

500

Write a story for the following equation. Interpret the quotient

6/7 div 3/5

Needs to have 

1 3/7

500

What do you need to divide  2 3/5  by to find a quotient of 1?

5/13

500

1/16 lb