Fraction Divide Word Problem

A cook baked 5 large pizzas. If he cuts each pizza into slices of eighths, how many slices will he have in total?

• multiply

• divide

Selena has 6 inches of tape to attach to photos to her display board. If she cuts the tape into 1/2 inch pieces, how many pieces will she have?

• multiply

• divide

Joseph brought in 1 1/2 gallons of chocolate milk. He wanted to split it equally among his 22 classmates. How much milk will each student get?

• multiply

• divide

Justin fed his cat a 1/2 cup of food every day. He has 5 cups of cat food left. How many days will the cat food last?

• multiply

• divide

Julissa was allowed to spend 3/4 of her allowance at the mall. Of that money, she spent 1/2 of it on a purse. What part of her allowance did she spend on a purse?

• 3/8

• 6/4

• 1/2

• 3/2

Layla has 4 pounds of bird seed. Each day she feeds the robins ⅙ pound of seeds. For how many days can she feed the robins?

• 1/24 days

• 4/6 days

• 24 days

• 16 days

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

A recipe calls for ¹/₄ cup of sugar. How many batches can be made from a 5 pound bag of sugar?

• 1/20 batches

• 20 batches

• 1 1/4 batches

• 5/20 batches

Bailey has 1/3 yard of ribbon to make bows. If she is able to make 6 bows, what is the length of ribbon needed to make each bow?

• 18 yds.

• 2 yds.

• 1/18 yd.

• 6/18 yd.

A recipe calls for 2/5 of a pound of chicken for each person. If there are 8 people to be fed, how many pounds of chicken are required?

• 1/5 pound

• 3 1/5 pounds

• 2 2/5 pounds

• 20 pounds