Division of Fractions

Which expression is equivalent to  $\frac{5}{9}$  ?

•  $9\div5$  

•  $5\div9$  

• 59

•  $\frac{1}{5}\div9$  

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Workers on a shrimp boat caught
8 tons of shrimp. How many  $\frac{1}{2}$  -ton barrels do they need to hold all the shrimp?

•  $\frac{1}{16}$   ton barrels

• 16  $\frac{1}{2}$  barrels

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Ms. Patel has 16 cups of laundry
soap. She uses   $\frac{1}{4}$  cup of soap to do a load of laundry. How many loads of laundry can Ms. Patel do?

•  $\frac{1}{48}$  

• 48 

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Mariah used   $\frac{1}{4}$  cup of oil to bake
12 muffins. How much oil did she
use for each muffin?

• 48

•  $\frac{1}{48}$  

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Corey has   $\frac{1}{4}$  of a large package of stickers. He gives an equal number
of stickers to each of his 3 friends. What fraction of the package of stickers does Corey give each friend?

• 12

•  $\frac{1}{12}$  

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Ms. Gomez is having 16 people over for a dinner party. She makes 10 cups of rice. If she plans to serve   $\frac{1}{2}$  cup of rice to each person, did Ms. Gomez make enough servings of rice?

• No, she made only 5 servings of rice.

• No, she made only 8 servings of rice.

• Yes, she made 20 servings of rice.

• Yes, she made 32 servings of rice.

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Mr. Wyatt has 4 apples. He cuts each of the apples into slices that are   $\frac{1}{6}$  
of an apple.  How many slices did Mr. Wyatt cut?

• 24 

•  $\frac{1}{24}$  

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

An art teacher has 9 ounces of glue. She gives an equal amount of glue

to each of her 6 students. How

many ounces of glue does each student get?

• $\frac{6}{9}$

• 15

• $1\frac{1}{2}$

• 3

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Ms. Avanti wants to give away  $\frac{1}{2}$   
of her comic book collection to her
2 children. What part of her comic
book collection will she give to
each child?

• 4

•  $\frac{1}{4}$  

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Miguel had   $\frac{1}{4}$  pound of plant food.
He gave each of his 5 plants an
equal amount of the food. How
many pounds of plant food did
Miguel give each of his plants?

• 20

•  $\frac{1}{20}$  

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C