Fraction Division Challenges: Word Problems for 5th Grade

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

• 1/2 cup of sugar

• 3/8 cup of sugar

• 1/4 cup of sugar

• 1 cup of sugar

Sarah has 2/3 of a yard of ribbon. She wants to cut it into pieces that are each 1/6 of a yard long. How many pieces can she cut?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 3

A bottle holds 1/2 gallon of juice. If you pour out 1/4 of the juice, how much juice is left in the bottle?

• 3/8 gallon

• 1/2 gallon

• 1/8 gallon

• 1/4 gallon

Tom has 5/6 of a pizza. He wants to share it equally among 3 friends. How much pizza will each friend get?

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 5/18

A garden has 3/5 of an acre planted with tomatoes. If 1/3 of that area is harvested, how much of the garden is still planted with tomatoes?

• 1/2 acre

• 2/5 acre

• 1/5 acre

• 3/5 acre

A baker uses 2/3 of a cup of flour for one batch of cookies. If she wants to make 4 batches, how many cups of flour does she need in total?

• 2 2/3 cups

• 4 cups

• 1 1/3 cups

• 3 cups

Lily drank 3/4 of a liter of water. If she wants to drink 1/2 of what she has left, how much water will she drink?

• 3/8 liter

• 1/8 liter

• 1/2 liter

• 1/4 liter

A car can travel 1/2 mile on 1/4 gallon of gas. How many miles can it travel on 1 gallon of gas?

• 4 miles

• 2 miles

• 3 miles

• 1 mile

A teacher has 1/2 of a class set of books. If she gives 1/4 of the books to each of her 3 students, how many books does each student receive?

• 1/3 of the total class set of books

• 1/8 of the total class set of books

• 1/4 of the total class set of books

• 1/2 of the total class set of books

A farmer has 3/4 of a field planted with corn. If he decides to plant 1/2 of that area with beans, how much of the field will be planted with beans?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 5/8

• 3/8