Fun with Fraction Division: Recipes and Real-Life Scenarios

If a recipe requires \(\frac{3}{4}\) of a cup of sugar and you want to make \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 1/4 cup of sugar

• 1 cup of sugar

• 1/2 cup of sugar

• 3/8 cups of sugar

A piece of ribbon is \(\frac{5}{6}\) of a yard long. If you cut it into pieces that are each \(\frac{1}{3}\) of a yard long, how many pieces can you cut?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

You have \(\frac{2}{5}\) of a pizza left. If you want to share it equally among \(\frac{1}{2}\) of your friends, how much pizza will each friend get?

• 1/5

• 2/3

• 4/5

• 3/10

A car travels \(\frac{3}{4}\) of a mile in \(\frac{1}{2}\) hour. What is the car's speed in miles per hour?

• 0.75 miles per hour

• 1.5 miles per hour

• 2 miles per hour

• 1 mile per hour

If a garden is \(\frac{2}{3}\) of an acre and you want to divide it into plots of \(\frac{1}{6}\) of an acre each, how many plots can you create?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 6

You have \(\frac{7}{8}\) of a gallon of paint. If you use \(\frac{1}{4}\) of a gallon for one project, how much paint will you have left?

• 6/8

• 3/8

• 5/8

• 1/2

A recipe calls for \(\frac{2}{3}\) of a cup of flour. If you want to make \(\frac{3}{4}\) of the recipe, how much flour do you need?

• rac{2}{4} cup

• \frac{1}{2} cup

• rac{1}{3} cup

• rac{3}{2} cup

You have \(\frac{5}{12}\) of a tank of gas. If you use \(\frac{1}{3}\) of what you have, how much gas will you have left?

• 1/4

• 3/12

• 2/5

• 5/18

A chocolate bar is divided into \(\frac{3}{5}\) of its total pieces. If you eat \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the \(\frac{3}{5}\) of the bar, how much of the whole bar did you eat?

• 1/4

• 3/10

• 2/5

• 4/10

If a class has \(\frac{4}{5}\) of its students present and \(\frac{1}{4}\) of those present are wearing glasses, what fraction of the total class are wearing glasses?

• 3/5

• 1/2

• 1/5

• 1/4