Fraction Division - Word Problems

A rectangle has an area of 40 square inches, and a width of 1/4 inches. What is the length of the rectangle?

• 11

• 10

• 5

• 19

There are 25 students on a school bus. That’s only ⅙ of the entire school. How many students does the school have?

• 160 students

• 25 students

• 100 students

• 150 students

What method do you use to divide fractions?

• Keep, Flip, Change

• Flip, Change, Keep

• Keep, Change, Flip

• Change, Keep, Flip

Grace and Ava are solving a division problem involving fractions. The problem is : 5/9  3/7. Ava got 1 3/8 as her answer and Grace got 1 8/27. Who got the correct answer?

• Grace

• Ava

• Neither

• Both

A swimming pool is open for 7 1/2 hours a day. The pool keeps one lifeguard on duty at a time, and each lifeguard's shift is 1 1/2 hours long. How many shifts are there per day?

• 8

• 7

• 10

• 5

Noah's mom gave him $40 to share with his sister for doing the chores. Noah's sister gets 3/5 of the money. How much does Noah get?

• $24

• $16

• $25

• $17

Toby and his dad are building a doghouse. They need to cut a board that is 2/3 yard long into 1/6 yard pieces. How many 1/6 yard pieces can they cut?

• 4 pieces

• 1/4 pieces

• 1/4 yards

• 4 yards

Juliana and two friends went to the movies. They shared 4/5 of a candy bar. If they share the bar equally, how much of the candy bar will each person get?

• 5/8
• 12/5
• 2    2/5
• 4/15

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

The Jackson family owns 1/2 acre of waterfront property. They plan to divide it into three smaller lots and sell them. What is the size, in acres, of each smaller lot?

• 1/6 acre

• 1/5 acre

• 2/3 acre

• 1 1/2 acres

Efren's Diner uses 6 bags of coffee every day. How long will 1/5 of a bag of coffee last? 

• 1/3 of a day
• 1/2 of a day
• 1/6 of a day
• 1/30 of a day

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7