Dividing Fractions

Mrs. Gruber had 1/2 of a cherry pie left over. She split the leftover pie evenly between her 5 children. What fraction of a pie did each child get?

• 1/10
• 2 1/2
• 5/2
• 10

6/7 divided by 3/7

• 18/7 or 2 4/7
• 2
• 3/2 or 1 1/2
• 1 2/7

2/5 divided by 3/4

• 8/15
• 6/20
• 3/10
• 3/20

36 divided by 3/4

• 36
• 10
• 48
• 13 1/3

5 ÷ ⅕

• ⅕
• 1/25
• 5
• 25

Valerie bought a 9 ft piece of ribbon from which she wants to cut into 2/3 ft pieces. How many 2/3 ft pieces can Valerie cut?

• 13
• 6
• 9
• This is not possible.

What is the quotient of these fractions in lowest terms?

• 6/40
• 6/10
• 3/5
• 12/20

⁴/₉  ÷  ¹/₂

• ⁸/₉
• ⁵/₁₁
• ⁶/₁₀
• ⁴/₁₈

¹/₄  ÷  ¹/₂

• ²/₆
• ¹/₈
• ³/₅
• ²/₄

¹/₄  ÷  ²/₅

• ⁵/₈
• 2/20
• ¹/₁₀
• ³/₉