Divide Fractions and Whole

Which is the division problem modeled by the picture?

• 3 ÷ 1/8

• 24 ÷ 1/4

• 3 ÷ 1/24

• 8 ÷ 1/3

Conroe Intermediate has 9 buses that take children

home. 1/3 of the buses were late. How many of the buses

were late?

• 9

• 3

• 27

Mandy made 1/3 of a quart of lemonade. She poured it evenly into 9 cups. How much did Mandy put intoeach cup?

• 1 cup

The hamsters eat 1/3 of a cup of food each day. How many full days will a bag with 4 cups last?

• 8 days

• 12 days

Leti’s mom gave her 1/9 of a bag of candy hearts. She split them equally among her 3 best friends. How much of the bag did each friend get?

• 1 bag

Mrs. Traylor has 5 bags of popcorn to divide evenly between her students. Mrs. Traylor divided each bag into halves. How many students can receive popcorn?

• 15 students

• 25 students

• 12 students

• 10 students

Pamela had 1/5 of a pan of brownies left over. Her 2 friends came over and split the left over brownies evenly. How much of the brownies did Pamela’s friends eat?

• 10 brownies

Walter picked 10 apples from a tree. Walter cut the apples into 1/5 pieces and shared them with his friends. How many pieces of apple can Walter give to his friends?

• 1 piece

• 50 pieces

• 2 pieces

Isabella was making jam. She mixed 1/10 a pound of strawberries into the recipe. If she put an equal amount of the jam into 5 jars, how much of the strawberries did she place in each jar?

• 1 pound

Billy had $10 to spend at the dollar store. 1/5 of that was spent on candy. How much did Billy spend on candy?

• $2.00

• $5.00

• $2.50

• $3.00