Dividing by a Unit and a Whole

Mrs. Lashombe bought a bag of candy for her 3 daughters. The bag of candy was 1/3 of a pound. What fraction of candy did each of her daughters receive?

• 1/9 of a pound

• 1/6 of a pound

• 9 pounds

• 6 pounds

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

A carpenter needs 1/2 of a bottle of glue to glue 4 wooden boards. How much of the bottle of glue would be required to glue only 1 of the wooden boards?

• 8 bottles

• 1/8 of a bottle

• 1/2 of a bottle

• 2 bottles

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

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

• 1/18 servings

• 3 servings

• 18 servings

• 1/2 of a serving

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

A store had 4 boxes of video games. How many days would it take to sell the games if each day they sold one-fifth of a box?

• 5 days

• 1/5 of a day

• 1/20 of a day

• 20 days

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

A container contained 1/2 pound of fudge. If I divide the fudge among my 12 friends, how much fudge does each friend get?

• 1/24 of a pound

• 1/6 of a pound

• 24 pounds

• 6 pounds

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Sally bakes 3 pans of brownies. If she cuts each pan into twelfths, how many individual brownies does she have?

• 36 brownies

• 1/4 of a brownie

• 1/36 of a brownie

• 4 brownies

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

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

• 1/2 of a muffin

• 8 muffins

• 1/8 of a muffin

• 4 muffins

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Landon had 1/3 of a Subway foot long sandwich left after lunch. He divided the sandwich into 4 equal pieces. How big is each piece now?

• 1 foot

• 1/6 of a foot

• 12 feet

• 1/12 of a foot

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Beth had a piece of ribbon that was 1/2 of a meter long. She cut that piece into 5 equal pieces. How long is each piece of ribbon?

• 10 meters

• 1/20 of a meter

• 7 meters

• 1/10 of a meter

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A cooking teacher divides 4 pounds of flour evenly among all her students. Each student gets 1/4 of a pound of flour. How many students are in the class?

• 1/4
• 4
• 16
• 1/16

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C