Dividing with Unit Fractions (What is being divided?)

Colin is knitting hats for his friends. He has 2 balls of yarn. He uses 1/3 of a ball for each hat. How many hats can Colin make?

• the yarn

• The hats

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

Jamal is saving up to buy a new computer. He earns money by mowing lawns for 4 hours each Saturday. It takes him about 1/2 of an hour to mow each lawn. How many lawns can he mow each Saturday?

• The hours

• The lawns

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

Eliana saved up her money and bought a model train. Each train car is 1/3 of a foot long. When it's put together, the whole train is 4 feet long. How many cars are in the train?

• The length of the train

• The length of the train cars

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

The Mosleys are installing new tiles in their bathroom. Each tile is 1/2 of a foot long, and the bathroom is 6 feet long. How many tiles will fit across the length of the bathroom?

• The length of the bathroom

• The length of the tiles

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

It's spaghetti night at Tracy's house. She has 1/2 of a cup of grated cheese to sprinkle equally over 3 bowls of spaghetti. How many cups of cheese does she put in each bowl?

• the grated cheese

• the bowls of spaghetti

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Suzie's Smoothies has 1/4 of a gallon of pineapple juice left. That's not enough to make their famous Tropical Meltdown smoothy, so they give the juice out as free samples. They pour the juice into small cups and are able to fill 5 cups. How many gallons of pineapple juice are in each cup?

• the pineapple juice

• the cups

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

Mrs. Johnson class is taking a field trip to the museum. They will be at the museum for 3 hours and want to spend 1/4 of an hour at each exhibit they see. How many exhibits can they see?

• The hours at the museum

• The hours at each exhibit

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

Harold is making chocolate chip pancakes for his whole family. He wants to make sure that there is 1/4 of a cup of chocolate chips in each pancake. He has a 5-cup bag of chocolate chips. How many pancakes can Harold make?

• The chocolate chips in each pancake

• The chocolate chips in the bag

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

At the Watertown Mediterranean festival, Estelle is giving out samples of hummus. She has 1/2 of a cup of hummus and some small dishes. She puts a spoonful into each dish and has enough for 8 dishes. How many cups of hummus are in each dish?

• the hummus

• the dishes

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Noah has flowers planted in 4 different areas in his backyard. He has 1/4 of a bag of fertilizer and uses an equal amount for each area. How many bags of fertilizer can he use in each area?

• the fertilizer

• the areas of the backyard

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A