5th Grade Dividing Fractions

An electrician has 6 feet of copper wire. He needs to cut the wire into pieces that are each 1/4 foot long. How many pieces of wire can be cut from the 6 foot wire? 

• 4 and 1/2 pieces
• 24 pieces
• 9 and 1/2 pieces
• 10 pieces

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Solve the problem. 1/7 ÷ 4 = 

• 1/28
• 24
• 4/7
• 28

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Dan has an 18 pound bag of dog food. He uses 1/3 pound of food to feed his dogs each day. How many days will the bag feed the dogs? 

• 6
• 9
• 17
• 54

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Sasha divided 1/2 of a gallon of ketchup equally into 4 smaller bottles to put on the tables in her hamburger restaurant. How much ketchup did she put in each bottle?  

• 1/4 gallon
• 8 gallons
• 1/8 gallon
• 1/16 gallon

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Solve the following problem. 1/2 ÷ 9 = 

• 18
• 12
• 1/12
• 1/18

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Solve the following problem. 8 ÷ 1/2 =

• 18
• 16
• 10
• 4 and 1/2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Roberta bought a 9 foot piece of ribbon from which she wants to cut into 1/3 foot pieces. How many 1/3 foot pieces can Roberta cut? 

• 18
• 27
• 12
• Not possible

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Juan will cut circles from 6 sheets of construction paper. If he uses 1/4 sheet for each circle, what is the maximum number of circles he can make? 

• 6 and 1/4
• 18
• 1 and 1/2
• 24

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Solve the problem. 1/3 ÷ 4 =

• 1 and 1/3
• 12
• 1/12
• 3/4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Charles made an apple pie. His family had some pie for dessert after dinner. There is only 1/4 of the pie left. Charles and his friend, Paul, want to share the remaining pie evenly. How much of the pie will they each get? 

• 1/8
• 1/2
• 1/16
• 2/4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C