Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

What is the reciprocal of 9?

• -9

• 9/1

• 1/9

• 9

3/8 x 2/5 Simplify.

• 7/15

• 1/3

• 6/40

• 3/20

1 ½ ÷ 2¼

• ⅞
• 1 ⅓
• 5 
• ⅔

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

18 ÷ ¼

• 72
• 4 ½
• 20
• 27

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Caroline collected 3 and 1/4 bags of bottles to take to the recycling center.

1/3 of the bags are glass bottles

2/3 of the bags are plastic bottles

The recycling center only accepts plastic bottles. How many bags will the recycling center accept?

• 1 1/12

• 1 1/6

• 2 1/6

• 3 1/12

A piece of licorice is to be cut into 10 equal-size pieces. If the length of the piece of licorice is 2/3 yard, how long will each piece of licorice be?

• 1/30 yd

• 1/15 yd

• 6 2/3 yd

• 5/6 yd

A bag contains 45 pens and pencils. Two-fifths of the items are pens. How many pens and pencils are in the bag?

• 27 pens and 18 pencils

• 15 pens and 30 pencils

• 18 pens and 27 pencils

• 36 pens and 9 pencils

Valerie bought a 8 ft piece of ribbon from which she wants to cut into 2/3 ft pieces. How many 2/3 ft pieces can Valerie cut?

• 12

• 10

• 4 1/2

• None of the above

Sergio has 3/4 lb of peanuts. He divides them into 1/16-lb snack bags. How many bags does he fill?

• 4
• 12
• 13
• 20

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

What is the correct number sentence that represents the following problem?

Mr. Andrews has 3/4 lb. of candy in his classroom. He has 5 students that will share it equally. How much candy will each student get?

• 5 ÷ 3/4

• 3/4 ÷ 5

• 3/4 ÷ 8

• 5 ÷ ⅓