Quiz about Divide Fractions by Fractions and by Whole Numbers

Question 1

When dividing a fraction by whole number the answer will be ______________.

Accepted Answer

a smaller fraction.

Answer

a larger fraction.

Question 2

Myrtle is preparing to plant flowers in her back yard. She divided her seedlings into 11 flowerpots. She is distributing 1/5 of a pound of fertilizer equally among the flowerpots. How many pounds of fertilizer does Myrtle put in each flowerpot?

Accepted Answer

1/55 pound

Answer

55 pounds

Answer

11/5 pounds

Question 3

Dawn had 1/5 gallon of juice to divide evenly between 2 friends. How much juice should each friend receive?

Accepted Answer

1/10

Answer

5/2

Answer

2/5

Question 4

A teacher has 1/2 of a pack of paper to share among 5 students. How much of the pack will each student get?

Accepted Answer

1/10

Answer

5/2

Answer

10

Answer

2/5

Question 5

Four friends are sharing 1/8 of a chocolate cake. What fraction of the cake does each person get?

Accepted Answer

1/32

Answer

32/1

Answer

4/8

Answer

2

Question 6

What is the reciprocal of 3/5?

Accepted Answer

5/3

Answer

5/4

Answer

5/6

Answer

5/2

Question 7

1/2 divided by 8

Accepted Answer

1/16

Answer

16

Answer

3/15

Answer

2/16

Question 8

1/3 divided by 5

Accepted Answer

1/15

Answer

5/8

Answer

3

Answer

6/7

Question 9

16 friends share 4 Pop-Tarts equally.  what fraction of a Pop-Tart does each friend get?

Accepted Answer

1/4

Answer

4

Answer

2/4

Answer

1/8

Question 10

Martin bought a packet of goldfish. The packet of goldfish weighs 1/5 of a pound. He puts an equal amount of the goldfish in two jars. What is the weight of each jar?

Accepted Answer

1/10 pound

Answer

5 pounds

Answer

10 pounds

Answer

1/5 pound

Question 11

Svetlana bought a block of chocolate that weighed 1/4 of a pound. She cut the chocolate into 5 equal pieces. What was the weight of each piece of chocolate?

Accepted Answer

1/20 of a pound

Answer

1/15 of a pound

Answer

15 pounds

Answer

20 pounds

Question 12

Isaac is painting the wall of his living room in his house. He still has 1/2 of the wall to paint. If he invites 6 friends to help paint the remainder of the wall, what fraction of the room will each friend need to paint to finish the wall?

Accepted Answer

1/12 of the wall

Answer

12 walls

Answer

8 walls

Answer

1/8 of the wall

Question 13

Irene had 1/3 of a pound of grapes. She decided to share the grapes with her 3 friends. How many pounds of grapes did everyone receive?

Accepted Answer

1/9

Answer

9

Answer

1/6

Answer

6

Question 14

Ryan 1/3 yard of ribbon into 7 equal parts. What is the length of each piece?

Accepted Answer

1/21 yard

Answer

1/5 yard

Answer

21 yards

Answer

5 yards

Question 15

Two friends share 1/2 of a pineapple equally. What fraction of a whole pineapple does each friend get?

Accepted Answer

1/4

Answer

4

Answer

8

Answer

1/8

Question 16

Billy, Jean, and Sarah have 1/6 of a mile to run in a race.  They are each going to run equal parts.  How much is each friend going to run?

Accepted Answer

1/18 mile

Answer

1/6 mile

Answer

1/2 mile

Answer

1 mile

Question 17

I have 1/2 of an hour to do 3 chores.  How much time can I spend on each chore?

Accepted Answer

1/6 hour

Answer

1/5 hour

Answer

1/2 hour

Answer

1/2 hour

Question 18

In Owen's truck collection, 1/4 of the trucks are blue. He is splitting that part with his brother. What fraction of the trucks will each boy get?

Accepted Answer

1/8

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/6

Question 19

A pet store had 9 cats to feed. If they only had one-fourth of a bag of cat food and each cat got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get?

Accepted Answer

1/36

Answer

36

Answer

1/5

Answer

1/32

Question 20

A sub shop sold sandwiches that were one-fifth of a foot long. If you were to cut the sandwich into three equal pieces, what fraction of a foot would each piece be?

Accepted Answer

1/15

Answer

1/8

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/18

Question 21

There is 1/3 of a pan of brownies left.  Four children are going to share it equally.  What fraction of the whole pan of brownies will each child get?

Accepted Answer

1/12

Answer

7

Answer

1/7

Answer

12

Question 22

Steven has 1/3 of a package of biscuit mix left. He will use equal parts of the leftover mix to make three batches of biscuits. What fraction of the original package will he use for each batch?

Accepted Answer

1/9

Answer

1/6

Answer

1/2

Answer

2/3

Question 23

Tina has 1/2 quart of iced tea. She pours the same amount into each of 3 glasses. How much of the quart of tea will be in each glass?

Accepted Answer

1/6

Answer

1/3

Answer

3

Answer

6

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