Dividing Fractions and Whole Numbers

Javier has 2 pies that he wants to cut into sixths. How many 1/ 6 pieces will Javier have?

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?

• 7

• 12

Janelle divides 3 pieces of paper into fifths. How many fifths does she have? What expression represents the situation above?

Answer explanation

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

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

• 4

• 2/4

• 1/8

• 1/4

Find the quotient.
5 ÷ ⅙

• 5/6

• 30

• 1/30

• 1 and ⅙

Zavier, Adiel, Stacy and Russell share three bags of candy equally.  What fraction of a bag does each boy get?

• 3/4 bag

• 4/3 bags

• 3/7 bags

• 1 and ⅓ bags

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.  

How do you divide fractions with whole numbers?

• Change the whole number to a fraction by having the denominator be 1. Keep the 1st fraction, change the sign to multiply, flip the 2nd fraction; simplify if needed

• Change the whole number to a fraction by dividing by 1, multiply the numerators and denominators

• Keep, Change, and Flip; simplify if needed

• Multiply numerators & Multiply denominators; simplify if needed