Dividing Fractions

Andrea has 80 coins in her collection. She shared 3/4 of her collection with friends. How many coins did she share?

• 20

• 50

• 60

• 70

A stack of boards is 21″ high. Each board is 1¾″ thick. How can you find the number of boards?

• 21 × 1¾
• 1¾ ÷ 21
• 21 ÷ 1¾

Nine identical cakes weigh a total of 20¼ pounds. How much does each cake weigh?

• 4/9 pound
• 2⋅1/9 pounds
• 2⋅9/36 pounds
• 2⋅1/4 pounds

In Maddie’s garden, 1/3 of her plants are tomatoes. Of those tomatoes, 2/5 of them are ripe. What fraction of the plants are ripe tomatoes?

• 2/8
• 3/15
• 3/8
• 2/15

Anthony divided 3/4 of a pound of butter into 6 equal parts. How much butter was in each part?

• 8 lb
• 18/4 lb
• 1/8 lb
• 1/24 lb

A hiking trail is 15 miles long. There is a rest area every 3/4 of a mile. How many rest areas are there along the hiking trail?

• 10
• 20
• 25
• 30

A team of runners is needed to run a ¹/₄ mile relay race . If each runner must run ¹/₁₆ mile.  How many runners do they need to run the race?

• 4
• 5
• 1/64
• 2

A dog's food bowl holds 2 cups of dog food. Pete uses a scoop that holds 1/3 of a cup of dog food. How many scoops will it take for Pete to fill the dog food bowl?

• 6
• 5
• 4
• 3

Brenda has 5/6 of a pie to divide evenly amount 4 people. What fraction of a pie does each person get?

• 3/10
• 1/4
• 5/24
• 1/6

At a restaurant 6 people were at a table when the waiter brought out one-fifth of a bowl of cheese dip. If they split the bowl evenly, how much would each person get?

• 30

• 6 / 5

• 5 / 6

• 1 / 30