Dividing Fractions Word Problems

Juliana and two 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

I have 9  1/2 cookies. I have to split the cookies evenly among 20 people. How much does each person get?

• 19/40
• 18/40
• 1/2
• 380/2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Max and Lucy ate 3/12 of a turkey. They both split the left overs evenly. How much will each person take home? 

• 9/36
• 3/24
• 9/24
• 1/8

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

Tia and Annika bought 13  3/6 pizzas. If they both eat equal amounts of the pizzas, how much pizza will eat person eat?

• 81/12
• 6 2/12
• 6  9/12
• 6  3/4

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

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Jenesia wants to split 8/15 of a bag of pumpkins seeds with Juliana. How much do they each get?

• 1  1/15
• 8/30 
• 4/15
• 9/17

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

Jake and five 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

There is 95  3/5 pieces of oak wood, 65  7/10 pieces of birch wood, and 197 49/50 pieces of spruce wood. 5 people need the oak wood for a boat. The oak wood needs to be evenly split among the 5 people. How much oak wood does each person get?

• 19 1/5
• 19 3/25
• 478/5
• 455/5

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

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