Dividing Whole Numbers: Fun Word Problems with Fractions

If a baker has 12 cupcakes and wants to divide them into boxes that hold 3/4 of a cupcake each, how many boxes can he fill?

• 16

• 12

• 10

• 8

A teacher has 18 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among students, giving each student 1/6 of a pencil. How many students can receive pencils?

• 108

• 36

• 54

• 72

A recipe calls for 10 cups of flour, but you only want to make 1/2 of the recipe. How many cups of flour do you need?

• 10 cups of flour

• 5 cups of flour

• 7 cups of flour

• 3 cups of flour

If a car can travel 20 miles on 1/4 of a gallon of gas, how many miles can it travel on 2 gallons?

• 200 miles

• 160 miles

• 120 miles

• 80 miles

A library has 24 books and wants to arrange them on shelves that can hold 1/3 of a book each. How many shelves are needed?

• 12

• 36

• 48

• 72

A farmer has 30 apples and wants to pack them into bags that can hold 2/5 of an apple each. How many bags does he need?

• 60

• 90

• 75

• 50

If a painter has 16 liters of paint and uses 1/2 of a liter for each wall, how many walls can he paint?

• 32 walls

• 16 walls

• 24 walls

• 40 walls

A chef has 25 ounces of cheese and wants to divide it into portions of 1/5 ounce each. How many portions can he make?

• 200

• 125

• 150

• 100