Dividing Unit Fractions

Mr. Turner bought a packet of corn flakes for his kids. The packet of cornflake is 1/5 of a pound. He puts the cornflakes in two jars in equal amounts. What is the weight of each jar? 

• 1/10
• 1/6 
• 10

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

My aunt uses 2 bags of sugar every day for preparing lime juice for her son. For how much of the day will 1/3 of a bag of sugar last? 

• 8 days
• 6 days 
• 1/6 days 

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

A carpenter needs 1/2 of box of caulk to paste 4 wooden cupboards. How much caulk would be required to paste 1 wooden cupboard?

• 1/8 
• 8
• 1/4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

How many one-third cup servings are in 6 cups of pecans?

• 18
• 1/18
• 3

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

Which situation can be represented by 6 ÷ 1/3?

• Rita has a piece of ribbon that is 1/3 foot long. She cuts it into 6 pieces having the same length. How many feet long is each piece of ribbon?
• Rita has 6 pieces of ribbon. Each piece is 1/3 foot long. How many feet of ribbon does Rita have in all?
• Rita has a piece of ribbon that is 6 feet long. She cuts it into pieces that are 1/3 foot long. How many pieces of ribbon does Rita have?
• Rita has a piece of ribbon that is 6 feet long. She cuts it into 3 pieces. How many feet long is each piece of ribbon?

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

A pet store had 9 cats to feed. If they only had one-fourth of a bag of cat food and each cat got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get? 

• 36
• 1/5
• 1/32
• 1/36

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

There is 1/3 of a pan of brownies left.  Four children are going to share it equally.  What fraction of the whole pan of brownies will each child get?

• 7
• 1/12
• 1/7
• 12

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

1/9 divided by 3

• 1/27
• 23
• 27
• 1/23

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

1/8 divided by 6

• 48
• 14
• 1/14
• 1/48

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

Mrs. Allen has $\frac{1}{8}$  of a pan of brownies left to divide between 2 children. How much of the original pan does each child get?

•  $\frac{1}{16}$  of the pan

•  $\frac{1}{8}$  of the pan

•  $\frac{1}{2}$  of the pan

•  $\frac{1}{4}$  of the pan

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A