Dividing Fraction Word Problems

You have 2/4 of a pizza and you want to share it equally between 2 people. How much of the pizza does each person get?

• 1/4

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 5/8

A baker is making cakes for a big party. She uses 1/4 cup of oil for each cake. How many cakes can she make if she has a bottle of oil that has 6 cups in it?

• 6

• 24

• 26

• 25

The serving size for the granola that Ted likes to eat for breakfast is 3/4 cup. How many servings are there in a box that hold 13 cups?

• 17

• 17 2/3

• 17 1/3

• 18

How many 1/2 cup servings are in a package of cheese that contains 5 1/4 cups altogether?

• 9 1/2

• 9

• 8

• 10 1/2

Mrs. Murphy's class is making pillow cases. Each pillow case uses 3/4 of a yard of fabric. How many pillow cases can they make out of 12 1/2 yards of fabric?

• 17

• 28

• 16 2/3

• 16 1/3

A baker is making croissants. He has 18 pound of dough. Each croissant is made from 1/8 pounds of dough. How many croissants can he make?

• 144

• 148

• 152

• 141

The kitchen assistant is helping the chef to serve soup. The chef made 3 pots of soup and the assistant is putting 1/16 cups of cream on top of the soup in each bowl. There are 12 cups of cream. How many bowls of soup can the assistand help prepare?

• 192

• 188

• 175

• 195

Grandma made an apple pie. Josh and his brother Joe finished 4/5 of it. Then, three friends came over and shared the leftover pie. How much of the pie did each friend eat?

• 3/4

• 5/8

• 1/2

• 4/15

How many one-third cup servings are in 6 cups of pecans?

• 18

• 17

• 16

• 19

A pet store had 4 cats to feed. If they only had one-fifth of a bag of cat food, and each cat got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get?

• 1/20

• 1/15

• 2/3

• 1/2