Dividing Whole Numbers and Fractions: Grade 5 Challenge

A baker has 24 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes. If each box can hold 6 cookies, how many boxes does he need?

• 5

• 6

• 4

• 3

Sarah has 3/4 of a yard of ribbon. She wants to cut it into pieces that are each 1/8 of a yard long. How many pieces can she cut?

• 6

• 10

• 4

• 8

A farmer has 48 apples and wants to divide them equally among 8 baskets. How many apples will each basket contain?

• 10

• 6

• 8

• 4

Tom has 2/3 of a pizza left. He shares it equally with 2 friends. How much pizza does each person get?

• 1/3

• 3/4

• 2/9

• 1/2

A teacher has 60 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 5 students. How many pencils will each student receive?

• 10

• 20

• 12

• 15

Emily drank 1/2 of a gallon of juice. If she wants to pour it into cups that hold 1/4 of a gallon each, how many cups can she fill?

• 1

• 3

• 2

• 4

A library has 90 books and wants to arrange them on 9 shelves equally. How many books will be on each shelf?

• 15

• 12

• 8

• 10

A recipe calls for 3/5 of a cup of sugar. If you want to make half of the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 3/10 cup

• 2/5 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 1/4 cup

There are 72 students in a school and they are divided into 6 equal groups for a field trip. How many students are in each group?

• 10

• 14

• 8

• 12

A gardener has 5/6 of a bag of soil. If he uses 1/3 of the bag for a plant, how much soil does he have left?

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 5/9

• 1/2