Dividing Rational Numbers: Real-Life Scenarios for 6th Grade

A baker has 24 cupcakes and wants to pack them into boxes with 6 cupcakes each. How many boxes can he fill?

• 3

• 4

• 6

• 5

Sarah has 15 meters of ribbon. She wants to cut it into pieces that are each 3 meters long. How many pieces can she cut?

• 5

• 4

• 6

• 3

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

• 10

• 6

• 8

• 4

A teacher has 36 pencils and wants to give each student 4 pencils. How many students can receive pencils?

• 8

• 12

• 9

• 6

A recipe calls for 2.5 cups of flour, and you want to make 5 batches. How many cups of flour do you need in total?

• 12.5 cups

• 7.5 cups

• 15 cups

• 10 cups

A car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons of gas. How many miles does it travel per gallon?

• 30 miles per gallon

• 40 miles per gallon

• 35 miles per gallon

• 25 miles per gallon

A gardener has 60 seeds and wants to plant them in rows of 10 seeds each. How many rows can he plant?

• 8

• 7

• 6

• 5

A library has 120 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 15 books per shelf. How many shelves will they need?

• 10

• 8

• 6

• 12

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If 3 slices are eaten, what fraction of the pizza is left?

• 7/8

• 5/8

• 3/8

• 1/2

A group of friends bought 36 cookies and want to share them equally among 9 friends. How many cookies will each friend get?

• 3

• 6

• 5

• 4