Dividing Fractions: Fun Word Problems for 5th Graders

If you have 3/4 of a pizza and you want to share it equally among 3 friends, how much pizza will each friend get?

• 1/4

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 1/3

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

• 1/3 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 2/3 cup

You have 5/6 of a yard of fabric. If you cut it into pieces that are each 1/2 yard long, how many pieces can you cut?

• 1

• 3

• 2

• 4

A car travels 3/5 of a mile in 1/4 of an hour. What is the speed of the car in miles per hour?

• 3 miles per hour

• 4 miles per hour

• 2.4 miles per hour

• 1.5 miles per hour

If a chocolate bar is divided into 8 equal pieces and you eat 3/8 of it, how much of the chocolate bar is left?

• 1/2

• 5/8

• 2/8

• 3/4

You have 2/5 of a gallon of paint. If you use 1/5 of a gallon for a project, how much paint do you have left?

• 1/2 of a gallon

• 2/5 of a gallon

• 1/5 of a gallon

• 3/5 of a gallon

A baker made 1/2 of a cake and sold 1/4 of it. What fraction of the cake is still available?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 5/8

• 3/8

If a bottle contains 3/4 of a liter of juice and you pour out 1/2 of it, how much juice is left in the bottle?

• 1/2 liters

• 1/4 liters

• 3/8 liters

• 5/8 liters

You read 2/3 of a book that has 120 pages. How many pages have you read?

• 80

• 40

• 100

• 60

A gardener has 1/2 of a garden bed planted with flowers. If he plants 1/3 of the remaining space with vegetables, what fraction of the garden bed is now planted?

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 1/4