Divide Fraction Word Problems

Aunt Lisa made strawberry and grape jelly.  She made 1  1/2 cups of strawberry.  She made 4  1/2 times as much grape jelly as she did strawberry jelly.  How many cups of grape jelly did she make?

• 4  1/4 cups

• 2 cups

• 3  1/2 cups

• 6  3/4 cups

The cookie recipe calls for 3/4 cup of chocolate chips. How many chocolate chips would be needed to make 2 batches of cookies?

• 3/8 cup

• 1 1/2 cups

• 6/8 cup

• 8/3 cup

Three friends went to the movies. They shared 4/5 of a candy bar. If they share the bar equally, how much of the candy bar will each person get?

• 5/8

• 12/5

• 2 2/5

• 4/15

There are 9 people at a party, each person wants pizza. Only 4/6 of a pizza is left. How much pizza will each person get if they split it evenly?

• 4/54

• 4/15

• 2/27

• 36/6

The Jackson family owns a 1/2 acre of waterfront property. They plan to divide it into three smaller lots and sell them. What is the size, in acres, of each smaller lot?

• 1/6 acre

• 1/5 acre

• 2/3 acre

• 1 1/2 acres

Molly has 10 feet of ribbon. She is making ornaments. Each ornament uses 1/5 foot of ribbon. How many ornaments can Molly make?

• 15

• 50

• 2

• 1/2

Molly has 3 pounds of blueberries. She is freezing the berries into 1/2 pound portions. How many smaller portions of blueberries will Molly make?

• 5

• 6

• 2 ½

• 1/6

George has ½ gallon of blue paint. He needs to paint 8 chairs. How much paint can George use on each chair?

• 16 gallons

• 4 gallons

• 1/4 gallon

• 1/16 gallon

A teacher wants to give each student 4/5 of a pizza. The teacher has 8 pizzas, how many students can eat?

• 1/10

• 40

• 10

• 5/32

A pet store had 6 cats to feed. They had one-fifth of a bag of cat food, what fraction of the bag did each cat get?

• 1/30

• 30

• 1/11

• 11