Dividing Fractions

Olivia cooked 8 cups of pasta. How many 1/3 cup servings are in half of this amount of pasta?

• 24

• 12

• 2 3/8

• 11

James cut a pizza into 8 equal slices. After dinner, there was 1 slice of pizza left. That slice was shared between the 2 dogs. What fraction of the ENTIRE PIZZA did the 2 dogs eat?

• 1/16

• 2/8

• 1/8

• 1/4

Frank had a king sized chocolate bar. After lunch, Frank had 1/6 of a bar left. He shared the remaining chocolate with 3 friends. Which equation can be used to find the fraction of candy bar each friend received?

• $3\div\ \frac{1}{6}=\ 18$

• $3\ x\ \frac{1}{6\ }=\frac{3}{6}$

• $\frac{1}{6}\div\frac{1}{3}=\ 18$

• $\frac{1}{6}\div3=\frac{1}{18}$

Jake is going to split cookies into thirds. If he made 120 cookies, how many pieces of cookie will Jake have?

• 480

• 360

• 36

• 1/360

Lois drew a model.

• $3\ \div\frac{1}{5\ }=\ 15$

• $\frac{1}{5}\div3=\frac{1}{15}$

• $3\div\frac{1}{5}=\frac{1}{15}$

• $\frac{1}{5}\div3=15$

Ms. Ling has 1/2 of a gallon of milk left in the jug. She pours an equal amount of milk from the jug into 5 cups for her children. What fraction of the entire gallon of milk will each child receive?

• 5

• 1/5

• 1/10

• 10

Jackie feeds her dog 1/5 of a pound everyday. If Jackie bought a 15 pound bag of dog food, how many days can Jackie feed her dog?

• 90

• 75

• 1/75

• 1/90

Ms. Barrett made 2 pans of lasagna. Each pan is cut into 1/10 servings. How many servings do the 2 pans have?

• 20

• 15

• 1/20

• 1/15

What expression matches this model?

• $\frac{1}{3}\ \times\ 5=\frac{1}{15}\$

• $5\ \div\ \frac{1}{3}=15$

• $\frac{1}{3}\div5=15$

• $\frac{1}{3}\div5=\frac{1}{15}$

Alex grew 30 watermelons in his garden. He wants to cut the watermelons into 1/3 pieces and sell them at the farmer's market. How many watermelon pieces can Alex sell?

• 1/90

• 60

• 1/60

• 90