Dividing Whole Numbers

Coach Peters has 12 gallons of water to fill buckets for field day.  If each bucket needs ⅓ of a gallon to fill, how many buckets can he fill?

• 3/12 bucket

• 12 and ⅓ buckets

• 36 buckets

• 4 buckets

• F

• G

• H

• J

Mrs. Webster wants to divide the milk shown into servings that are 2/3 of a pint in size. How many servings are possible?

• 9

• 5

• 4

• 2

Find the quotient.
5 ÷ ⅙

• 5/6

• 30

• 1/30

• 1 and ⅙

Which scenario can be represented by 10 ÷ ⅕ ?

• Franny has a piece of ribbon that is 10 inches long.  She cuts it into 5 pieces.

• Franny has a piece of ribbon that is 10 inches long.  She cuts it into pieces that are 1/5 in long.

• Franny has a piece of ribbon that is 1/5 inch long.  She cuts it into 10 pieces.

• Franny has 10 pieces of ribbon.  Each piece is 1/5 inch long.  

5 ÷ ⅕

• ⅕

• 1/25

• 5

• 25

2 ÷ 1∕4 =

• 1/8

• 8

• 12

• 1/12

6 divided by 1/4

• 1/24

• 10

• 24

• 1/10

3 ÷ 1/2 = ?

• 6

• 5

• 1/6

• 1/5

Find the quotient: 528 ÷ 12 =

• 42

• 44

• 46

• 48