Fractions Dividing Word Problems

There are 12 yards of fabric. Each pillow uses 2/3 yard. How many pillows can be made?

• 8 pillows
• 12 pillows
• 18 pillows

Nine identical cakes weigh a total of 20¼ pounds. How much does each cake weigh?

• 4/9 pound
• 2⋅1/9 pounds
• 2⋅9/36 pounds
• 2⋅1/4 pounds

Twelve whole pizzas are eaten. Each person eats ¼ pizza. How many people eat pizza?

• 48 people 
• 16 people
• 8 people
• 3 people

Caroline had 1/2 of a bag of donuts. She wants to split it evenly between herself and 3 friends. How much of the bag will each friend get? 

• 6
• 1/6
• 8
• 1/8

There are 2 cups of chocolate chips in a bag. If the serving is 1/3 of a cup, how many servings are there in a bag? 

• 1/6 servings 
• 6 servings 

Change 5  3/4 into an improper fraction

• 23/4
• 4/23
• 20/4
• 5 4/3

What is the recriprocal of 4/5

• 4/5
• 5/4
• 5/1
• 1/5

Write 2 5⁄6 as an improper fraction.

• 25⁄6
• 17⁄6
• 26⁄5

What is the reciprocal of 7/8?

• 87/1
• 87
• 8/7
• 1/78

which is the same as 4/5 ÷ 7/9

• 4/5 ÷ 9/7

• 5/4 ÷ 7/9

• 4/5 x 9/7

• 4/5 x 7/9