Dividing Fractions Word Problems

Benny made 4 pints of hot chocolate for his friends. If each of Benny's mugs holds 1/5 of a pint of liquid, then how many friends will get hot chocolate?

• 20

• $\frac{1}{20}$

• $\frac{2}{5}$

• 25

One teacher wants to give each student 2/3  of a slice of pizza. If the teacher has 6 slices of pizza, then how many students will she be able to hand out pizza to? 

• 10 students

• 12 students

• 9 stduents

• 3 students 

If a frog can move 3/5 of a mile every hour, then how many hours would it take for a frog to go 6 miles?

• 10 hours

• 5 hours

• 6 hours

• 12 hours

Joan wants to make brownies. To make brownies, she needs 1/3 of a cup of flour per batch of brownies. If Joan has 7 cups of flour, then how many batches of brownies can Joan make?

• 3 batches

• 21 batches

• 24 batches

• 14 batches

John is cutting bows out of ribbon which will be used to wrap gifts. If John needs 1/2 of a foot of ribbon to make a bow, and he has 5 feet of ribbon, then how many bows can John make?

• 5 bows

• 2.5 bows

• 15 bows

• 10 bows

One track coach wants his athletes to race 9 miles around a track to measure how fast each person can run. If the track is 3/5 of a mile around, then how many laps around the track will the athletes have to run to complete the race?

• 15 laps

• 45 laps

• 17 laps

• 9 laps

One school purchased 5 gallons of red paint to decorate several of its classrooms. If each classroom needs 5/8 of a gallon of paint, then how many classrooms will get painted?

• 8 rooms

• 12 rooms

• 5 rooms

• 10 rooms

After Mike picked 2 pears, he wanted to share them with his fellow classmates. If Mike wants to give 1/7 of a pear to each of his classmates, then how many classmates will get some pear?

• 2 classmates

• 21 classmates

• 14 classmates

• 12 classmates