Dividing Fractions

Joni owns 1/4 of a gift shop. She decides to sell her part of the shop to her 3 friends.

If the friends split the ownership equally, what fraction of the gift shop will each friend own?

• 1/12

• 1/7

• 1/3

• 3/4

Which scenario represents the equation 6 ÷ 1/4 = 24?

• Sally made 6 cookies and put 1/4 cup of sugar in each cookie. She used 24 cups of sugar

• Sally used 6 cups of sugar and put 1/4 cup of sugar in each cookie. She made 24 cookies.

• Sally made and gave 24 cookies to 6 friends. Each friend received 1/4 cookie Sally made.

• Sally made 6 cookies and gave 4 cookies to each friend. Sally gave cookies to 24 friends.

Consider the division problem (4÷1/6).

Which scenario could be used to represent the division problem?

• Cora buys 4 pounds of frozen chicken to store. If Cora places the chicken into freezer bags that hold 1/6 pound, how many bags will she be able to fill?

• Elijah has 1/6 pound of candy. If Elijah gives each of his

  4 friends an equal amount of candy, how much candy does each friend receive?

• Kinley wants to make 4 necklaces out of string to give to her friends. If Kinley uses 1/6 yard of string to make each necklace, how many yards of string does she use?

• Miguel has a poster measuring

  1/6 yard long. If Miguel buys 4

  more posters of the same length, what is the total length of all the posters?

What is the quotient of (4÷1/6)?

• 4/6

• 6/4

• 10

• 24

Consider the division problem

12÷1/3

Which scenario could be used to represent the division problem?

• Dante wants to make 12 bracelets out of string to give to his friends. If he uses

  1/3 yard of string to make each bracelet, how many yards of string does Dante need?

• Jada has 1/3 pound of trail mix. She gives each of her 12 friends an equal amount of the trail mix. How much of the trail mix does each friend receive?

• Lebron buys 12 more lizards of the same length, what is the total length of all the lizards?

• Willow makes 12 pounds of spaghetti sauce to store for winter. If Willow pours the spaghetti sauce into storage jars that hold 1/3 pound, how many jars will she be able to fill?

Which scenario can be solved using the expression 3÷14?

• Amani has 3 pounds of sugar to bake cakes. If she uses

  1/4 pound of sugar to bake each cake, how many cakes can Amani bake?

• Brad has 3 cups of flour to bake cookies. If he uses 1/3 cup of flour to bake each pan of cookies, how many pans of cookies can Brad bake?

• Camilla distributes cakes among her 3 friends. If she has 4 cakes, how much cake does each friend get?

• Denzel distributes cake among his 3 friends. If he has

  1/4 of a cake, how much cake does each friend get?