Model Fraction Division

Model Fraction Division

by Donna Gregg

Multiple Choice

• 4 ÷ 1/3 = 12

• 1/3 ÷ 4 = 1/12

• 4 ÷ 1/3 = 1/12

• 12 ÷ 1/3 = 4

Multiple Choice

1/4 ÷ 3 = ??

• 1/3
• 1/12
• 1/4
• 4/3

Multiple Choice

A pizzeria had 4 cans of tomato sauce. How many pizzas could they make with the cans if each pizza took one-sixth of a can?

• 24

• 4 / 6

• 1 / 24

Multiple Choice

Which equation matches the model

• 3 divided by 4 = 12

• 1/3 divided by 4 = 1/12

• 1/12 divided by 4 = 3

• 4 divided by 1/3 = 3

Multiple Choice

If my dividend is a fraction, my quotient must be a ...

• fraction

• whole number

• improper fraction

• mised number

Multiple Choice

If my dividend is a whole number, my quotient must be a ...

• fraction

• whole number

• improper fraction

• mised number

Multiple Choice

Lauriss picks 6 pounds of apples. She uses 1/2 pound of apples too make 1 container of applesauce. How many containers of applesauce can Elise make with all the apples? 

• 12 containers
• 6 and 1/2 containers
• 3 containers
• 5 and 1/2 containers

Multiple Choice

Piper used 1/5 meter of ribbon to create a border around a triangle. If each side of the triangle is the same length, how much ribbon did Piper use for each side? 
Which equation represents how much ribbon Piper used? 

• 1/3  ÷  5
• 5  ÷  1/5
• 1/5  ÷  3
• 3  ÷  1/6

Multiple Choice

JAmya made 5 cups of pancake batter. She uses a scoop measuring 1/3 cup to pour batter onto the skillet to make pancakes. How many pancakes can Amya make? 

• 5 pancakes
• 1/12 pancakes
• 1/15 pancakes
• 15 pancakes

Multiple Choice

5 ÷ ⅕

• ⅕
• 1/25
• 5
• 25

Multiple Choice

What fraction division problem is being modeled?

• ½ ÷ 8 = ¼
• 2 ÷ 8 = 4
• ½ ÷ ⅛ = 4
• ½ ÷ ⅛ = ¼

Multiple Choice

There are five people and thirty slices of pizza. If they share the pizza equally, how much will each person get?

• 7 slices
• 6 slices

Multiple Choice

The Jackson family owns a 1/2 acre of waterfront property. They plan to divide it into three smaller lots and sell them. What is the size, in acres, of each smaller lot?

• 1/6 acre

• 1/5 acre

• 2/3 acre

• 1 1/2 acres

Multiple Choice

Solve.

• 24

• 1/24

• 2 2/3

• 8