Division With Fraction Word Problems

Three friends went to the movies. They shared 4/5 of a candy bar. If they share the bar equally, how much of the candy bar will each person get?

• 5/8

• 12/5

• 2 2/5

• 4/15

There are 9 people at a party, each person wants pizza. Only 4/6 of a pizza is left. How much pizza will each person get if they split it evenly?

• 4/54
• 4/15
• 2/27
• 36/6

There are five people and thirty slices of pizza. If they share the pizza equally, how much will each person get?

• 7 slices
• 6 slices

Six friends went on a roller coaster. In total they road the coaster for 2 3/4 hours. If they each road the roller coaster for an equal amount of time, how many minutes did each person ride the roller coaster?

• 1/2 minutes

• 27 3/6 minutes

• 12/24 minutes

• 27 1/2 minutes

I have 8  7/9 of cookies. I have 4 friends. I want to share the cookies with each of my friends equally. How much will each friend get?

• 89/36
• 3  11/36
• 356/9 
• 3 1/3

The Jackson family owns a 1/2 acre of waterfront property. They plan to divide it into three smaller lots and sell them. What is the size, in acres, of each smaller lot?

• 1/6 acre

• 1/5 acre

• 2/3 acre

• 1 1/2 acres

Thomas is tiling the edge of his bathroom floor. The floor is 5 ft wide. Each tile covers 1/5 foot. How many tiles will Thomas need?

• 1/10

• 1

• 25

• 50

Molly has 10 feet of ribbon. She is making ornaments. Each ornament uses 1/5 foot of ribbon. How many ornaments can Molly make?

• 15

• 50

• 2

• 1/2

Eliza is building a fence that is 1/4 Mile. She plans to build it in 3 days. How long should the section of fence be that Eliza builds each day?

• 1/7 mile

• 3/4 mile

• 1/12 mile

• 12 miles

Molly has 3 pounds of blueberries. She is freezing the berries into 1/2 pound portions. How many smaller portions of blueberries will Molly make?

• 5

• 6

• 2 ½

• 1/6