Divide Fractions Word Problems

How many 1/8 pizzas are in 4 pizzas?

• 1/32

• 1/12

• 12

• 32

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

A restaurant chef made 1  1/4 pints of mushroom soup. Each bowl of soup holds 1/4 of a pint. How many bowls of soup will the chef be able to fill?

Answer explanation

Simplify

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

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CCSS.5.NF.B.6

A teacher wants to give each student 4/5 of a pizza. The teacher has 8 pizzas, how many students can eat?

• 1/10

• 40

• 10

• 5/32

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

How many one-third cup servings are in 12 cups of pecans?

• 1/4

• 4

• 1/36

• 36

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

Allen wants to put 1/8 of a kilogram of bird seed in each of the bird cages in his pet shop. He has 3/4 of a kilogram of bird seed. How many cages can he refill with bird seed?

Answer explanation

Simplify

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

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A pet store had 6 cats to feed. They had one-fifth of a bag of cat food, what fraction of the bag did each cat get?

• 1/30

• 30

• 1/11

• 11

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

Elephants at the zoo eat 2 1/5 buckets of bananas per day. The zoo bought 6 3/5 buckets. How many days will they last?

• 11/33

• 1/3

• 3

• 2

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

1/8 of a tub of sugar is used per batch of cookies. A shop used 7/8 of a tub yesterday. How many batches were made?

• 1/7

• 7

• 8/16

• 7/64

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

How many 1/8 miles are in 8 miles?

• 64

• 1/64

• 16

• 1/16

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

If a rabbit can move 2/6 of a mile every hour, then how many hours would it take for a rabbit to go 12 miles?

• 24/6

• 6/24

• 36

• 1/36

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3