Dividing Fractions Quiz Review

How many pieces of wood, cut 1/4 inch in length, can be cut from a 3 foot board?

• 1/12 pieces

• 12 pieces

• 7 pieces

• 6 pieces

A bucket holds 16 liters of water. If you use a scoop that holds 1/4 of a liter of water, how many scoops would it take to fill the bucket?

• 12 scoops

• 64 scoops

• 4 scoops

• 1/64 scoops

A tunnel is 1/8 of a mile long. There are 4 lights in the tunnel placed an equal distance apart. Which equation and solution shows the distance in miles, d, between the lights in the tunnel?

• d = 1/8 x 4

• d = 4 - 1/8

Ms. Herman has 7 cups of sugar. Each batch of cookies she bakes uses 1/3 of a cup of sugar. How many batches of cookies can Taylor make?

• 1/21 batches of cookies

• 21 batches of cookies

Every day, 1/4 of the fifth grade rides the school bus home. The school bus makes 12 stops. At each stop, the same number of students get off the bus. What fraction of the fifth grade students get off the bus at each bus stop?

• 1/48

• 1/36

• 1/24

• 1/60

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which division sentence is correct for the following problem? A fish tank holds 6 liters of water. If you use a 1/5 liter scoop, how many scoops will it take to fill the fish bowl.

• 1/5 ÷ 6 = 1/30

• 1/5 ÷ 6 = 30

• 6 ÷ 1/5 = 30

• 6 ÷ 1/5 = 1/30

How much gravel will be used for one hole?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following problems could be solved using the expression 1/2 ÷ 3?

• At a school fun run, each of 3 friends runs 1/2 of a mile. How far do they run altogether?

• Angel feeds his cat, Luna, 1/2 pound of fish each day. How much fish does he feed his cat in 3 days?

• Charles orders 3 pizzas and will give 1/2 of a pizza to each person. How many people can he feed?

• Darsh has 1/2 gallon of juice. If he pours equal amounts into 3 glasses, how much is in each glass?

Saung claims that 1/2 ÷ 6 = 1/12 . Which of the following statements explains whether or not Saung's claim is correct?

• Saung's claim is correct since 1/12 ÷ 6 = 1/2.

• Saung's claim is correct since 1/12 x 6 = 1/2.

• Saung's claim is NOT correct since 1/12 ÷ 6 = 1/12.

• Saung's claim is NOT correct since 1/12 x 6 = 1/2.