Dividing with Fractions and Mixed Numbers

Jill has 1/2 of a piece of cake.  If she divided the piece evenly among herself and 3 friends, how large of a piece would each person get?

• 2

• 1/8

• 1/4

• 1/2

Molly had 2 1/4 cupcakes leftover from the party.  She wanted to slice them up into 1/8 size pieces.  How many pieces of cupcake would she have?

• 18

• 9

• 9/32

• 4

Jeremy has 4 cups of cat food.  If he puts 1/3 cup in each bowl, how many cats will he feed?

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

¹/₄  ÷  ²/₅

• ⁵/₈

• 2/20

• ¹/₁₀

• ³/₉

How many cookies are there?

• 14 cookies

• 1/2 cookies

• 28 cookies

• 1/28 cookies

Anna has 15 3/4 cups of flour for a cookie recipe that needs 2 1/3 cups of flour for one batch. Select the statement that are true (may be more than one)

• She can make 7 full batches of cookies.

• She can make 6 full batches of cookies.

• She will have left over flour if she makes 6 batches.

• She can make an extra 3/4 of a batch if she makes 6 full batches.

• She will have left over flour if she makes 7 full batches.

6/7 divided by 3/7

• 18/7 or 2 4/7

• 2

• 3/2 or 1 1/2

• 1 2/7

2/5 divided by 3/4

• 8/15

• 6/20

• 3/10

• 3/20

5 ÷ ⅕

• ⅕

• 1/25

• 5

• 25

Valerie bought a 9 ft piece of ribbon from which she wants to cut into 2/3 ft pieces. How many 2/3 ft pieces can Valerie cut?

• 13

• 6

• 9

• This is not possible.