Solving Word Problems with Unit Fractions in Division

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make 6 batches of cookies, how many cups of sugar do you need in total?

• 2 cups

• 3 cups

• 5 cups

• 4.5 cups

There are 15 students in a class. If each student needs 1/5 of a pizza for lunch, how many pizzas do you need to order?

• 5 pizzas

• 4 pizzas

• 2 pizzas

• 3 pizzas

A gardener has 20 flowers and wants to plant them in rows with 1/2 of a flower in each row. How many rows can he plant?

• 10

• 30

• 40

• 50

If a car can travel 1/3 of a mile on 1 gallon of gas, how many gallons of gas are needed to travel 9 miles?

• 18 gallons

• 9 gallons

• 27 gallons

• 36 gallons

A baker has 18 cupcakes and wants to put them into boxes that hold 1/6 of a cupcake each. How many boxes does he need?

• 72

• 54

• 36

• 108

If a teacher has 24 pencils and gives each student 1/8 of a pencil, how many students can receive pencils?

• 96

• 192

• 48

• 144

If a pool can be filled with 1/2 of a gallon of water in 1 hour, how many gallons of water are needed to fill the pool in 4 hours?

• 3 gallons

• 2 gallons

• 4 gallons

• 1 gallon

A store sells 40 candies, and each customer can buy 1/5 of a candy. How many customers can buy candies?

• 100

• 80

• 200

• 50