Divide Whole Numbers by Unit Fractions

Eight people will share 5 pounds of rice. How much of a pound will each person get?

• 3/8 pound

• 5/8 pound

• 8/5 pound

• 5/3 pound

Answer explanation

5 pounds is being split between 8 people.

5 divided by 8 = 5/8

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Vivian runs laps on a track. One lap is equal to one-fifth of a mile. How many laps must Vivian run to run a total of 2 miles?

• 2 1/5

• 2 1/2

• 7 laps

• 10 laps

Answer explanation

2 miles divided by 1/5 = 10

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Bethany has 3 empty bookshelves to fill. Each book takes up 1/5 of a shelf. How many books will it take to fill the shelves?

• 3

• 5

• 10

• 15

Answer explanation

3 divided by 1/5 = 15

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Sara has 1/2 of a bag of candy. She wants to give an equal amount of candy to her four friends. Which fraction of a bag of candy will each friend get?

• 1/4

• 1/8

• 1/16

• 1/2

Answer explanation

1/2 divided by 4 friends

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

What is 4 divided by 1/2?

• 1/8

• 1/6

• 6

• 8

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Three people equally shared 1/2 pound of raisins equally. What fraction of a pound does each person get?

• 1/6

• 1/5

• 1/3

• 2/5

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

284 divided by 90

• 3

• 3 r 14

• 14

• 5 r 7

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2