Dividing Fractions Word Problems

Your friend asks you to watch his pet bird. He gives you 1/3 pound of food for 4 days. He tells you if you feed the bird the same amount each day, you will have no food left over.

How much food should you feed the bird each day?

• 12 pounds

• 1/3 pound

• 1/12 pound

• 1/6 pound

Six friends are going to share 1/2 gallon of juice. If each juice is poured equally, how much juice will one friend drink?

• 2 gallons

• 12 gallons

• 1/12 gallon

• 1/2 gallon

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Julian wants to put a border around two sides of his garden. He has a 14 foot piece of wood that will be cut into 1/2 foot pieces. How many pieces can Julian cut from the wood?

• 7 pieces

• 28 pieces

• 1/4 pieces

• 1/28 pieces

There are 4 pizzas for a class party.

The pizza is cut into pieces.

Each piece is 1/8 of the pizza.

How many pieces of pizza are for the party?

• 32 pieces

• 28 pieces

• 1/32 pieces

• 1/8 pieces

Cy put a total of 1/6 pound of gravel into 6 fish tanks. He put the same amount of gravel into each tank.

How many pounds of gravel did Cy put into each fish tank?

• 36 pounds

• 1/36 pound

• 1/30 pound

• 1/24 pound

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Dorothy has a ribbon that is 11 feet long. She needs to cut the ribbon into pieces that are 1/4 foot long. How many pieces will she have in all?

• 32 pieces

• 44 pieces

• 1/44 pieces

• 1/36 pieces

A serving of burrito contains 1/4 pound of meat. Franklin and two friends hare his serving equally. How much meat does each person get?

• 1/8 pound

• 1/12 pound

• 3/4 pound

• 3 pounds

Ana cuts 1/2 yard of rope into 8 equal parts. What is the length of each part?

• 1/16 yard

• 1/10 yard

• 1/6 yard

• 16 yards

There are 8 large sub sandwiches to be served at lunch.

Each sandwich is cut into pieces.

Each piece is 1/6 of the sandwich.

How many pieces of sandwich are there in all?

• 1/42 pieces

• 1/48 pieces

• 45 pieces

• 48 pieces

A dragon costume for the new year celebration is 9 yards long. If Brittany sews a button on each 1/6 yard section, how many buttons will she sew?

• 56 buttons

• 54 buttons

• 1/48 buttons

• 1/54 buttons