Dividing Whole Numbers by Fractions: Models & Remainders

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make 6 batches of cookies, how many cups of sugar do you need in total? Use a model to show your work.

• 4.5 cups

• 2 cups

• 3 cups

• 5 cups

Sarah has 5 yards of ribbon. She wants to cut it into pieces that are each 1/2 yard long. How many pieces can she cut? Show your division model.

• 6 pieces

• 10 pieces

• 8 pieces

• 12 pieces

A gardener has 8 whole bags of soil. If each bag can fill 2/3 of a pot, how many pots can he fill? Interpret any remainder in your answer.

• 3 full pots and 1/4 of a pot

• 6 full pots and 1/2 of a pot

• 5 full pots and 1/3 of a pot

• 4 full pots and 2/3 of a pot

Tom has 12 apples and wants to share them equally among his friends. If each friend gets 1/4 of an apple, how many friends can he share with? Use a model to illustrate your solution.

• 60

• 24

• 48

• 36

A car can travel 1/5 of a mile on 1/4 of a gallon of gas. How many miles can it travel on 1 gallon of gas? Show your calculations using a model.

• 0.8 miles

• 0.5 miles

• 0.4 miles

• 1 mile

Lisa bought 9 pounds of flour. If she uses 3/4 pound for each batch of bread, how many batches can she make? Explain what to do with any remainder.

• 12 batches

• 10 batches

• 15 batches

• 8 batches

A baker has 10 whole cakes. If he sells each cake for 1/2 of a cake, how many customers can he serve? Use a model to demonstrate your answer.

• 15

• 25

• 30

• 20

In a classroom, there are 15 students. If each student needs 1/3 of a book for a project, how many books should the teacher buy? Show your work with a model.

• 10

• 3

• 5

• 7

A farmer has 20 liters of milk. If he wants to bottle it in containers that hold 1/4 liter each, how many containers does he need? Discuss any remainder in your answer.

• 60

• 100

• 80

• 40

A painter has 18 liters of paint. If he uses 2/3 of a liter for each wall, how many walls can he paint? Use a model to show your calculations and interpret any remainder.

• 27 walls

• 15 walls

• 30 walls

• 20 walls