Dividing Fraction Word Problems

How many ¼ pound hamburgers can be made from 2 ½ pounds of ground beef?

• 10 hamburgers

• 12 hamburgers

• 8 hamburgers

• 27 hamburgers

2 ÷ ¼

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

Lana used 1 ½ gallons to paint ¾ of a room. How much paint is needed for the whole room?

• 2 1/2 gallons

• 2 gallons

• 1 gallon

• 1 1/2 gallons

• 2 gallons
• 1/2 gallons
• 2 1/2 gallons
• 4 gallons

Ali is cutting 3/8 in. cookie dough slices from a 10 ½ in. long roll. How many does she get?

• 28 slices

• 12 slices

• 32 slices

• 18 slices

½ ÷ ¾

• 2/3

• 1 1/2

• 3/8

• 6/16

I made 4 pizzas and think that ½ a pizza will feed one person. How many servings are there?

• 6 servings

• 10 servings

• 8 servings

• 7 servings

5 1/3 ÷ 2 2/5

• 5

• 1 1/9

• 2 2/9

• 3 2/9

A tornado traveled 100 miles in 2 ½ hours. How many miles per hour did it travel?

• 50 miles per hour

• 45 miles per hour

• 40 miles per hour

• 35 miles per hour