Divide Whole # by Fraction
If a rabbit can move 1/3 of a mile every hour, then how many hours would it take for a rabbit to go 4 miles?
4 / 1/3 = 12 hours for the rabbit to run four miles
Miss Stevens brought half a pan of brownies and shared them with 5 students. How much of the original pan did each student get?
1/2 / 6 = 1/12 of a pan of brownies
924 / 3
308
A store owner has 7.11 lbs. of candy. If she puts the candy into 9 jars, how much candy will each jar contain?
7.11 / 9 = 0.79
Each jar will contain 0.79 lbs. of candy.
Peter is cutting bows out of ribbon which will be used to wrap gifts. If Peter needs 1/3 of a foot of ribbon to make a bow, and he has 2 feet of ribbon, then how many bows can Peter make?
2 / 1/3 = 6 bows with a third of a foot of ribbon
Alexa played 1/4 of a song. If Justina made Alexa pause 3 times during that 1/4 of a song, how long was the song playing between each pause?
1/4 / 3 = 1/12 of the song was playing between each pause.
1,386 / 6
231
A pasta factory made 32.6 pounds of pasta in 2 minutes. How much pasta did the factory make each minute?
32.6 / 2 = 16.3
Each minute the factory made 16.3 pounds of pasta.
Mrs. Adams wanted the 5th graders to race 3 miles around the school to measure how fast each person could run. If the track is 1/4 of a mile around, then how many laps around the track with the athletes have to run to complete the race?
3 / 1/4 = 12 laps to run the three miles
Each day, Jordan uses 5 bags of mangoes for mango smoothies at Jamba Juice. How much of her usual can she make with 1/2 of a bag of mangoes?
1/2 / 5 = 1/10
6,985 / 11
635
Paul will pay for his new Xbox in 5 payments each month. If his Xbox cost $186.95, then how much will Paul pay each month? Round your answer to nearest cent.
186.5 / 5 = 37.79
Each month Paul will pay $37.79
After Nancy picket 10 kiwis, she wanted to share them with her fellow classmates. If Nancy wants to give 1/8 of a kiwi to each of her classmates, then how many classmates will get some kiwi?
10 / 1/8 = 80 classmates will get some kiwi
For a Presidents Day parade a florist used 1/8 of a basket of flowers to decorate 4 floats. He used the same amount of flowers for each float. How many baskets of flowers did he use for each float?
1/8 / 4 = 1/32 of a basket for each float
2,139 / 69
31
In science, Mrs. Bodtcher had 30.6 pounds of metamorphic rock. Mrs. Bodtcher had to divide the rocks into 9 different containers. If the rocks are divided equally by weight, how many pounds of rock will be in each container?
30.6 / 9 = 3.4
Each container will have 3.4 pounds of rock.
Hilary made 8 pints of hot chocolate for her friends. If each of Hilary's mugs holds 1/4 of a pint of liquid, then how many friends will get hot chocolate?
8 / 1/4 = 32 friends will get hot chocolate
3/4 / 6 = 3/24 = 1/8 of a pound of strawberries per basket
3,526 / 43
82
Four friends had dinner together at a fancy restaurant and spent $456.40 total. They split the cost evenly among them. How much did each girl pay?
456.40 / 4 = 114.1
Each girl spent $114.10