Dividing Unit Fractions - Word Problems

A container of 7 metal beams weighed one-sixth of a ton. If every beam weighed the same amount, then how heavy was each beam?

• $\frac{1}{42}$

• 42

• 48

• $\frac{1}{48}$

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl used one-fifth of a potato?

• 35

• 30

• $\frac{1}{30}$

• $\frac{1}{35}$

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

A bulldozer could carry one-eighth of a ton of sand. If a park needed 4 tons of sand, how many loads would the bulldozer need to carry?

• 32

• 2

• $\frac{1}{32}$

• $\frac{1}{2}$

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

An ice cream shop used one-sixth of a box of waffle cones every day they were open. How many days would 3 whole boxes last them?

• 2

• 18

• $\frac{1}{2}$

• $\frac{1}{18}$

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

At the end of the day, a restaurant had one-eighth of a pound of leftover food. If 2 employees wanted to split it, how much would each employee get?

• $\frac{1}{16}$

• 16

• 4

• $\frac{1}{4}$

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

A chef used one-half of a bag of potatoes for a meal. If the potatoes fed 4 people, how much of the bag did each person get?

• $\frac{1}{8}$

• 8

• 2

• $\frac{1}{2}$

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CCSS.5.NF.A.2

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

A glass of water was one-eighth of a liter. How many glasses would it take to fill up a 2 liter jug?

• 4

• 16

• $\frac{1}{4}$

• $\frac{1}{16}$

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.MD.C.5

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

A car wash had to make their soap last 5 days. If they only have one-third of a gallon of soap, then how much should they use each day so that it lasts 5 days?

• $\frac{1}{15}$

• 15

• 25

• $\frac{1}{25}$

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

John had to write 10 pages for a book report. How many hours would it take him to write it if he wrote one-fifth of a page each hour?

• 50

• $\frac{1}{50}$

• $\frac{1}{2}$

• 2

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

A sub shop sold sandwiches that were one-half of a foot long. If they were to cut the sandwich into 8 equal pieces, how big would each piece be?

• 4

• 16

• $\frac{1}{4}$

• $\frac{1}{16}$

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7