Divide by a Unit Fraction

A principal orders 8 sub sandwiches for a teachers’ meeting. She cuts the subs into thirds and puts the mini-subs onto a tray. How many mini-subs are on the tray?

• 8

• 12

• 16

• 24

What is the answer to following division problem in this model?

• 4/20

• 1/5

• 1/20

• 4

• 1/30

• 6/5

• 30

• 1 1/5

6 divided by 1/2

• 6

• 12

• 1/6

• 1/12

What is 4 divided by 1/3?

• 7

• 12

• 1

• 16

Ian has ⅓ meter of wire and wants to cut it into 8 equal parts to make a sculpture. How long will each part be?

• 1/8 meter

• 24 meters

• 8 meters

• 1/24 meter

Aernen has 5 pounds of trail mix and wants to separate it into ⅙ pound portions. How many portions can he make?

• 11

• 1/12

• 30

• 20

Ms. Brown has ½ can of spray paint to decorate 8 little pots. If she uses the rest of the can, how much paint did she use on each pot?

• 16 cans

• 1/2 can

• 1/8 can

• 1/16 can

Isabel and Ele make 8 quarts of lemonade to sell at their club fundraiser. If they pour ¼ of a quart in each glass, how many glasses of lemonade can they sell?

• 32 glasses

• 16 glasses

• 8 glasses

• 4 glasses

Asher has a 4 pound bag of cookies from Costco. If he eats ¼ pounds of cookies every day, how long will his bag of cookies last?

• 16 pounds

• 8 days

• 8 pounds

• 16 days