Related fractions to division
A vet feeds 5 dogs every week using 9 pounds of dog food. If each dog gets the same amount, how many pounds of dog food does each dog get every week?
9/5
A teacher has 48 pencils for 10 students. Each student gets the same number.
What is the greatest number of pencils each student can get?
What is 4 pencils with 8 left over?
A restaurant cuts each pizza into 6 slices.
How many slices can be made from 4 pizzas?
24 slices
A class has 1/4 of the students wearing hats. There are 2 types of hats.
What fraction of the class is each type?
1/4÷2=1/8
A class has 15 cups of paint.
Each group uses 1/3 cup.
If each group instead uses 1/5 cup, how many more groups can paint?
15÷1/3=45
15÷1/5=75
👉 75 − 45 = 30 more groups
There are 7 children in a class. They have 3 cups of grapes to divide equally among all of them.
Which fraction shows how many cups of grapes each child receives?
3/7 cups
A teacher has 72 worksheets for 9 students.
What is the greatest number each student can get?
8 worksheets no left overs
A student makes 90 bracelets to sell over 7 days.
She sells the same number each day.
Did she sell all of them? Explain.
She sells 12 per day, 6 left over
5÷1/2
10
4 divided by 1/6
4÷1/6=4×6=24
A zoo keeper feeds 11 snakes using 5 pounds of snake food.
How much does each snake get?
5/11
A teacher has 36 granola bars for 8 students.
What is the greatest number each student can get?
4 bars with 4 left over
There are 8 cups of juice.
Each cup is 1/4 cup per student.
If each student instead gets 1/2 cup, how many fewer students can be served?
8÷1/4=32
8÷1/2=16
👉 32 − 16 = 16 fewer students
Emma has 2/3 of a story left. She will finish it in 3 days.
How much each day?
2/3÷3=2/9
There are 20 cups of popcorn.
Each bag uses 1/2 cup.
If each bag instead uses 1/4 cup, how many more bags can be made?
20÷1/2=40
20÷1/4=80
👉 80 − 40 = 40 more bags
A farmer feeds 10 animals using 7 pounds of food.
How much per animal?
7/10
A pitcher holds 72 ounces of juice. It is poured into 5 glasses.
How much is in each glass?
14 ounces with 2 ounces left over
A bakery cuts each pie into 10 slices.
How many slices are there in 3 pies?
30 slices
A student has 7/8 of a project left and finishes it in 2 days.
How much per day? how did you solve?
7/8 ÷2= 7/16
divided 7/8ths by 2
3 divided by 1/9
27
3÷1/9=3×9=27
There are 6 kids sharing 11 cups of juice.
How much does each get?
11/6
A pitcher holds 81 ounces of juice. It is poured into 9 glasses. How much is in each glass?
9 ounces
A student makes 72 bracelets to sell over 5 days. She sells the same number each day.
Did she sell all of the bracelets? Explain your answer.
She could sell 14 bracelets each day, but there would still be 2 bracelets left.
A crafter made 95 necklaces to sell over 6 days.
Did she sell all of them?
Answer:
95÷6=15 remainder 5
No, 5 left over
Heidi has 3/4 of a novel left to read. She wants to finish it in 2 days, reading the same amount each day.
How much should she read each day?
3/4÷2=3/4×1/2= 3/8