Dividing Fractions

1/5 divided by 7

• 35

• 35/1

• 1/35

• 1/12

The Jefferson family has 7 whole pizzas to be shared equally among 5 people. Each person in the Jefferson family will receive _____ pizza.

• 35/7

• 25/7

• 7/5

• 5/7

Morgan buys 1/4 pound of hamburger meat. He asks the butcher to divide the meat into 4 equal-size portions.

What is the weight, in pounds, of each portion of meat Morgan is given?

• 1/8 pound

• 1/12 pound

• 1/16 pound

• 1/32 pound

True or false?
1/2 ÷ 7 = 14

• False
• True

• 1 scoop

• 4 scoops

• 9 scoops

• 20 scoops

Yaretzy uses 4 tablespoons of sugar in her cookie recipe.  Today she is baking for her entire class, so she is going to DOUBLE the recipe.  Her tablespoon is dirty, so she will use her 1/3 tablespoon to meausre the sugar.  How many 1/3 tablespoons of sugar must she use? 

• 12 tablespoons
• 1 and 1/3 tablespoons
• 24 tablespoons
• 3/4 tablespoon

Maria had to solve a homework problem by writing a problem that would use the following equation: 9 divided by 1/3.

Which problem is best solved by the operation in the box?

• Jeremy bought 9 roses. 1/3 of the roses are white. How many roses are white?

• Natasha has 9 pounds of ground beef. If each burger requires 1/3 pound of ground beef, how many burgers can Natasha make?

• Kendra runs 9mmiles 3 times a week. How many total miles does Kendra run each week?

• Darius has 1/3 of gallon of milk left. If he splits this among his next 9 bowls of cereal, what fraction of the gallon of milk will each bowl of cereal have?

• 4/5 scoop

• 1 and 1/4 scoops

• 4 scoops

• 20 scoops

Isaiah wants to run 4 miles.  The track surrounding the field where he plays football is 1/5 mile long.  What equation could be used to find the number of laps, L, which Isaiah will need to run?

• 1/5 ÷ 4 = L
• 1/5 × 4 = L
• 4 × 1/5 = L
• 4 ÷ 1/5 = L

Fatima baked 7 cakes for her work's office party. She will give each coworker 1/8 slice of cake. How many slices of cake can Fatima give?

• 1/56 slice

• 1/52 slice

• 52 slices

• 56 slices