Dividing Fractions
Dividing Fractions
100
You have 2/4 of a pizza and you want to share it equally between 2 people. How much of the pizza does each person get?
What is 1/4 of the pizza?
100
A book shelf is 3 1/2 feet long. Each book on the shelf is 5/8 inches wide. How many books will fit on the shelf?
What is 5 books on the shelf?
200
A baker is making cakes for a big party. She uses 1/4 cup of oil for each cake. How many cakes can she make if she has a bottle of oil that has 6 cups in it?
What is 24 cakes?
200
Each team had to write 5 1/2 for a combined paper. When all the teams put their papers together, there was a total of 44 pages. How many teams had worked on this paper?
What is 8 teams?
300
The serving size for the granola that Ted likes to eat for breakfast is 3/4 cup. How many servings are there in a box that holds 13 cups?
What is 17 1/3 servings?
300
Lynn has 15 different color markers in her set. The total weight of the markers is 37 1/2 ounces. If each marker weighs the same, how much does each marker weigh?
What is 2.5 ounces?
400
How many 1/2 cup servings are in a package of cheese that contains 5 1/4 cups altogether?
What is 10 1/2 servings?
400
Larry bought 12 1/2 pounds of candy to share with his friends. If he gave 2 1/2 pounds to each of his friends, how many friends did he share his candy with?
What is 5 friends?
500
Mrs. Murphy's class is making pillow cases. Each pillow case uses 3/4 of a yard of fabric. How many pillow cases can they make out of 12 1/2 yards of fabric?
What is 16 pillow cases?
500
Mary has 1/7 spool of ribbon. She wants to share it equally among herself and 3 friends. How much ribbon did each person get?
What is 1/28?