Divide Fractions and Whole Numbers pt. 1

Divide a fraction by a whole number:

Share/Divide equally
Question stem: how many? or how much will each get?


Example:
Four children shared 1/3 of a cake equally. How much of the cake will each child receive?


The quotient of a unit fraction divided by a whole number will be a fraction.

Draw

Mr. Morales makes four batches of cookies for family math night. He divides half of a pound of butter equally into 4 mixing bowls. How much butter is in each bowl?

Draw

Marissa is painting one of her bedroom walls. She marks off 1/6 of the wall. Then she divides the marked section into 3 equal parts and paints one part blue. What fraction of the whole wall is blue?

Match

Match the following

• 1/3 ÷ 6

• 1/2 ÷ 3

• 1/4 ÷ 4

• 1/5 ÷ 7

1/18

1/6

1/16

1/35

• 1/18

• 1/6

• 1/16

• 1/35

Dropdown

Is Nick or Lee correct? Fill in the blanks to complete the explanation. This model shows unit fractions of ​

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divided into ​ 3 equal parts. It represents the division expression ​

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÷ ​

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, which has a quotient of ​

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. ​

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Multiple Choice

Grace used 1/5 cups of sugar to make 7 cake pops. If the sugar was divided evenly into the mixture, how much sugar is in each cake pop?

• 1/35

• 1/30

• 1/25

• 1/20

Multiple Choice

Felicia makes 1/2 gallon of fruit punch. She pours an equal amount into 8 glasses. What fraction of a gallon of fruit punch is in each glass?

• 1/16

• 1/12

• 1/10

• 1/6

Multiple Choice

Eva and her two brothers, Bo and Sam, have 1/2 hour to play on the computer and want to share the time equally. What fraction of an hour will they each have on the computer?

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/5

• 1/6

Multiple Choice

Martin uses 1/3 pound of sugar to make 6 batches of candy. How many pounds of sugar are in each batch?

• 1/18

• 1/15

• 1/12

• 1/9