Dividing by Whole Numbers and Fractions

Eathan feeds his pet rabbit 1/8 gallon of pellets every day. If he has 2 gallons of rabbit food at home, how many days can he feed his rabbit before he needs to buy more food?

• 4

• 2/8

• 16

Libby has 4 yards of twine and wants to section it into 1/2-yard pieces for a craft project. How many 1/2-yard pieces twine will Libby end up with?

• 8

• 1/2

• 16

Joseph bought a 4-gallon container of oatmeal, to practice baking oatmeal raisin cookies! Each batch of cookies calls for 1/6 gallon of oatmeal. How many batches of cookies can Joseph make?

• 1/24

• 4/6

• 24

Damien's sister likes to have 1/3 cup cottage cheese with breakfast every day. If there are 2 cups of cottage cheese in the new container, how many days before the container is empty?

• 1/6

• 6

• 2/3

Javier has 2 pies that he wants to cut into sixths. How many 1/ 6 pieces will Javier have?

There is 1/3 of a pan of brownies left. Four children are going to share it equally. What fraction of the whole pan of brownies will each child get?

• 7

• 12

Janelle divides 3 pieces of paper into fifths. How many fifths does she have? What expression represents the situation above?

Answer explanation

Damian has a piece of string that is 3 feet long. He cuts it into pieces that are ¼ foot long. How many pieces does of string does he cut?

• 12 pieces

• 16 pieces

In the equation shown, what is the value of N ?
 ⅙ ÷ 2 = N

• 1/3

• 12

• 1/2

• 1/12