Division with Unit Fractions 1
Evaluate
Volume
Division with Unit Fractions 2
Measurement
100
7/8
can also be written as ____.
7 divide 8
100
3 ÷ 1/5
15
100
The boys have found a different design that will allow them to fit all of their sports equipment into one box. The larger box is three times the length and height of Figure 2 and twice the width of Figure 2. What is the volume, in cubic feet, of the larger sports equipment box? Show your work.
17 cubic feet or 204 cubic in.
100
The running club is preparing for a 3-mile race. Each runner will be responsible for 1/2 of a mile. How many students will be needed to run the race?
3 ÷ 1/2 = 6 people
100
1 5/8
inches
200
How many pieces of wood that are 1/8 foot in length can be cut from a 5-foot board?
5 ÷ 1/8 = 40 pieces
200
1/8 ÷ 3
1/24
200
What is the volume of the display in cubic inches if the given measurements were rounded to the nearest inch?
4,800 cubic inches
200
Flynn is running in a race that is 4 miles long. A marker is placed every 1/4 mile from the beginning of the race until the end. What is the total number of distance markers on the trail?
4 ÷ 1/4 = 16 distance markers
200
Dan’s teacher estimated that his monthly problem solving homework should take him
2 2/4
hours per week. Dan said that last week he worked on his problems for 165 minutes, which he says is more than his teacher's estimate . How much more or less did Dan work on his problems than his teacher estimated?
15 minutes more
300
Two scouts, Ronald and Jacob, are going to practice tying knots. They have one piece of rope that is one-third meter long. They are going to cut the rope into 2 parts. How long will each part be?
1/3 ÷ 2 = 1/6 meter long
300
12 ÷ 1/3
36
300
How many more layers are needed to have a volume of 48 cubic units?
3 more layers
300
When you divide a unit fraction by a whole number, the quotient will always be a _____.
unit fraction
300
The line plot below shows the amount of sand (in cups) that was returned. How much sand was returned?
7 5/8
cups of sand
400
Stella is making hot chocolate for her friends. She has six cups of hot chocolate powder and will need 1/4 cup of powder for each serving. How many servings will Stella be able to make? Write the equation.
6 ÷ 1/4 = 24 servings of hot chocolate
400
15 ÷ 1/5
75
400
How many more cubes are needed to fill the packing box?
81 cubes
400
When you divide a whole number by a unit fraction, the answer will always be a ______.
whole number
400
Ten beakers, measured in liters, are filled with water. How much water was used to fill all ten beakers?
3 1/8
liters of water
500
Yahir made six quarts of lemonade to sell at his lemonade stand. If each cup holds 1/2 of a quart, how many cups can he sell? Which student set up the problem correctly?
Student A: 1/2 ÷ 6
Student B: 6 ÷ 1/2
Student B
500
1/8 ÷ 16
128
500
What is the volume?
1,248 cubic cm
500
When solving word problems, how do I know if the unit fraction or the whole number is my dividend?
The dividend is the total amount that is being divided up. I need to ask myself what am I trying to divide up in the problem to be able to determine what my dividend is.
500
The line plot shows in cups the amount of sand that was returned after the science demonstration on building landforms. How much sand was returned? If the total amount of sand returned was shared equally among all the classes that returned sand, how much sand, in cups, would each class get?
18 cups of sand was returned. Each class would get
18/12
cups of sand, or
1 6/8
cups or
1 3/4
cups