Dividing Fractions by a Whole Number

Mr. Borelli has 12 gallons of water to fill buckets for field day. If each bucket needs ⅓ of a gallon to fill, how many buckets can he fill?

• 3/12 bucket

• 12 and ⅓ buckets

• 36 buckets

• 4 buckets

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In the equation shown, what is the value of N ?

⅙ ÷ 2 = N

• 1/3

• 12

• 1/2

• 1/12

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Find the quotient.
5 ÷ ⅙

• 5/6
• 30
• 1/30
• 1 and ⅙

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What is the value of the expression?
¼ ÷ 7

• 28
• 7/4
• 1/4
• 1/28

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Mrs. Brugger has ½ cup of butter. She pours the same amount into each of three popcorn cartons. Which equation represents the fraction of the cup of butter, C, that is in each carton?

• 1/2 ÷ 1/3 = C

• 3 ÷ 1/2 = C

• 1/2 ÷ 3 = C

• 2 ÷ 3 = C

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Which scenario can be represented by 10 ÷ ⅕ ?

• Rosalie has a piece of ribbon that is 10 inches long. She cuts it into 5 pieces.

• Rosalie has a piece of ribbon that is 10 inches long. She cuts it into pieces that are 1/5 in long.

• Rosalie has a piece of ribbon that is 1/5 inch long. She cuts it into 10 pieces.

• Rosalie has 10 pieces of ribbon. Each piece is 1/5 inch long.

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Talla wants to run 4 miles. The track surrounding the field where he plays football is 1/5 mile long. What equation could be used to find the number of laps, L, which Talla will need to run?

• 1/5 ÷ 4 = L

• 1/5 × 4 = L

• 4 × 1/5 = L

• 4 ÷ 1/5 = L

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True or false?
1/2 ÷ 7 = 14

• False
• True

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Alex bought candy for his friends that weighed 7/8 pounds. If he split it up equally among himself and 4 other friends, how much candy did they each get?

• 28/40

• 21/40

• 7/40

• 3 4/8

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3/4 ÷ 2 =
To display this with a model you should first draw _____________________.

• two rectangles
• a rectangle and make the same amount of columns as the denominator in the fraction
• as many rectangles as the whole number in the problem
• three rectangles

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