Dividing Fractions Word Problems

You have 2/4 of a pizza and you want to share it equally between 2 people. How much of the pizza does each person get?

• Each person gets 1⁄4 of a pizza.
• Each person gets 2/3 of a pizza.
• Each person gets 1⁄5 of a 
• Each person gets 1⁄8 of a pizza.

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The serving size for the granola that Ted likes to eat for breakfast is 3/4 cup. How many servings are there in a box that holds 13 cups?

• There are 15 2/3 servings.
• There are 17 1/3 servings.
• There are 16 1/3 servings.
• There are 18 1/3 servings.

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The serving size for the granola that Ted likes to eat for breakfast is 3/4 cup. How many servings are there in a box that holds 13 cups?

• There are 15 2/3 servings.
• There are 17 1/3 servings.
• There are 16 1/3 servings.
• There are 18 1/3 servings.

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How many 1/2 cup servings are in a package of cheese that contains 5 1/4 cups altogether?

•   10 1/2 servings
• 15 servings
• 5 1/2 servings
• 9 servings 

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A baker is making cakes for a big party. She uses 1/4 cup of oil for each cake. How many cakes can she make if she has a bottle of oil that has 6 cups in it?

• She can make 13 cakes.
• She can make 4 cakes.
• She can make 24 cakes.
• She can make 34 cakes.

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Mrs. Zimmer's class is making pillow cases. Each pillow case uses 3/4 of a yard of fabric. How many pillow cases can they make out of 12 1/2 yards of fabric?

• They can make 18 pillow cases.
• They can make 16 pillow cases.
• They can make 28 pillow cases.
• They can make 6 pillow cases.

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7 people share a bag of apples evenly. There are 3/6 of a pound of apples in the bag. How many pounds of apples will each person receive?

• 14 pounds
• 1/14 pounds
• 3/4 pounds
• 1/2 pound

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Ellis has 2/3 of a row of tickets for the concert. He has to divide the tickets among 4 people. How many will each one of them get?

• 2/3
• 6
• 1/6
• 5/7

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Mr. Stewart picked 1/2 of a pound of berries. He divided them evenly among 4 containers. How many pounds of berries did Mr. Stewart put in each container?

• 1/2 pounds
• 1/9 pounds
• 8 pounds
• 1/8 pounds

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A cookie factory uses 1/3 of a bag of flour in each batch of cookies. The factory used 2/3 of a bag of flour yesterday. How many batches of cookies did the factory make?

• 2 batches
• 6 batches
• 8 batches
• 15 batches

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