Dividing Fractions

A small book took one-seventh of a ream of paper to make. How many books could be made with 8 reams of paper?

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A farmer was dividing up his one-half of an acre of land between his 9 children. Since each child got the same amount of land, what fraction of the acre did each child get?

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Sam had to write 5 pages for a book report. How many hours would it take him to write it if he wrote one-half a page each hour?

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A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl used one-fifth of a potato?

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A chef used one-fifth of a bag of potatoes for a meal. If the potatoes fed 5 people, what fraction of the bag did each person get?

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A group of 7 friends bought one-ninth of a pound of bubblegum. If they split it equally, how much would each friend get?

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Sarah had picked 5 bags of oranges. How many glasses of orange juice could she make if each glass took one-fourth of a bag?

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A bakery used one-seventh of a bag of chocolate chips to make 5 batches of cookies. How much of the bag did they use for each batch?

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A toy plush weighed one-fifth of a pound. A box can hold 4 pounds. How many toy plushes could the box hold?

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A malt shop used one-seventh of a box of waffle cones every day they were open. How many days would 8 whole boxes last them?

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