Dividing Fractions and Sharing

The video is a math tutorial focusing on division and fractions. It covers various problems, including dividing raisins into bags, sharing cherries, using a number line for division, sharing cucumbers, calculating hamburgers from ground beef, dividing milk into glasses, and sharing pumpkin pies. Each problem is explained with diagrams, equations, and real-world examples to enhance understanding.

Camilla has a half pound of raisins to divide into five bags. What fraction of a pound will be in each bag?

• 1/10

• 1/2

• 1/5

• 1/20

If you divide one-half by five, what fraction do you get?

• 1/2

• 1/5

• 1/10

• 1/20

Elise and Frank share one-third pound of cherries equally. What fraction of a pound does each person receive?

• 1/9

• 1/6

• 1/2

• 1/3

Molly wrote the equation 2 ÷ 1/3 = n to solve the problem. Do you agree with her equation?

• No, because the correct equation is 2 ÷ 1/2

• Yes, because 2 is the correct dividend

• No, because the correct equation is 1/3 ÷ 2

• Yes, because it correctly represents the problem

Noah drew a diagram to solve the problem of sharing one-third pound of cherries. What fraction does each person receive?

• 1/6

• 1/3

• 1/9

• 1/2

Using a number line, what is the result of 2 divided by 1/3?

• 4

• 6

• 3

• 2

Zoe has five cucumbers to share equally among four neighbors. How many cucumbers will each neighbor receive?

• 1 3/4

• 1 1/4

• 1

• 1 1/2

Dora buys one package each of 1 pound, 2 pounds, and 4 pounds of ground beef. How many quarter-pound hamburgers can she make?

• 20

• 28

• 16

• 24

Adan has half a quart of milk and pours it into three glasses equally. How much milk does each glass contain?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/6

• 1/9

Nine friends share three pumpkin pies equally. What fraction of a pie does each friend get?

• 1/2

• 1/9

• 1/3

• 1/6