Dividing Fractions: Sharing, Measuring, and Simplifying

1. Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza left. She wants to share it equally among 3 friends. How much pizza will each friend get? Simplify your answer.

• 1/2

• 2/4

• 1/3

• 1/4

2. A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour, but Maria only has 1/2 cup. How many times can she use the 1/2 cup to measure out the flour needed?

• 5

• 3

• 4

• 6

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3. If a car travels 1 1/3 miles on 1/4 gallon of gas, how many gallons of gas are needed to travel 4 miles?

• 0.5 gallons

• 1 gallon

• 0.75 gallons

• 1.25 gallons

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4. A gardener has 5/6 of a yard of soil. If he uses 1/3 of it for a flower bed, how much soil does he have left?

• 5/9

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1/2

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5. A chocolate bar is divided into 8 equal pieces. If Emily eats 3/4 of the bar, how many pieces does she have left?

• 2 pieces

• 1 piece

• 4 pieces

• 3 pieces

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6. Tom has 2 1/2 yards of fabric. He uses 1/5 of it to make a pillow. How much fabric does he have left?

• 2 1/4 yards

• 3 yards

• 2 yards

• 1 1/2 yards

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7. A recipe requires 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make only 1/2 of the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 3/8 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 2/3 cup

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8. A tank can hold 2 1/2 gallons of water. If it is currently filled with 1/2 gallon, how much more water is needed to fill the tank?

• 2.5 gallons

• 2.0 gallons

• 3.0 gallons

• 1.5 gallons

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9. If a baker uses 1/3 of a bag of flour to make cookies and has 2 bags, how many cookies can he make if each cookie requires 1/4 cup of flour?

• 15

• 5

• 8

• 10

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

10. A bottle contains 1 1/2 liters of juice. If you pour out 2/3 of it, how much juice is left in the bottle?

• 2 liters

• 1/3 liter

• 0.5 liters

• 1 liter

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