Diving Fractions by Unit Fractions

Jason has 2 cups of muffin batter.  He uses 1/4 of the batter for each muffin.  How many muffins can he make with the batter?

• 1/2
• 2
• 6
• 8

Carson needs 1/3 of a banana for each ice cream sundae. How many sundaes can he make with 3 bananas?

• 3
• 6
• 9
• 12

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?

Vincent collected 1/2 pound of apples in the orchard. He separated them equally into 5 wooden baskets. How many pounds of apples did Vincent put into each basket?

• 1/7

• 1/10

• 10

• 7

The zookeeper ordered 1/4 of a ton of food for the orangutans this month. If there are 7 orangutans at the zoo, and they each are fed an equal amount of food, how many tons of food does each orangutan receive?

• 28 tons

• 1/21

• 1/28

• 1/11

Students in Beth’s science class made posters about their experiments to hang in the classroom. Each student completed 1/4 of a poster, and the class made 8 posters in all. How many students are in Beth’s science class?

• 2
• 4
• 32
• 36

Monica divided 1/2 of a gallon of ketchup equally into 4 smaller bottles to put on the tables in her hamburger restaurant. How much ketchup did she put in each bottle?

• 1/4 gallon
• 8 gallons
• 1/8 gallon
• 1/16 gallon

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

An electrician has 6 feet of copper wire. He needs to cut the wire into pieces that are each 1/4 foot long. How many pieces of wire can be cut from the 6 foot wire? 

• 4 and 1/2 pieces
• 24 pieces
• 9 and 1/2 pieces
• 10 pieces

• 1

• 1/3

• 3

• 4