Real-Life Fraction Division: Sharing & Simplifying

Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza left. She wants to share it equally among 3 friends. How much pizza will each friend get?

• 2/4

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make 1/2 of the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 1/2 cup

• 1/3 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 2/3 cup

Tom has 5/6 of a yard of fabric. He uses 1/2 of it to make a shirt. How much fabric does he have left?

• 3/4 of a yard

• 2/3 of a yard

• 1/3 of a yard

• 5/12 of a yard

A bottle contains 1/2 gallon of juice. If you pour 1/4 gallon into cups, how much juice is left in the bottle?

• 1/2 gallon

• 1 gallon

• 3/4 gallon

• 1/4 gallon

Emily read 3/5 of a book. If the book has 20 chapters, how many chapters has she read?

• 12

• 15

• 10

• 8

A cake recipe requires 3/4 cup of flour. If you want to make 1/3 of the cake, how much flour do you need?

• 1/2 cup

• 3/4 cup

• 2/3 cup

• 1/4 cup

There are 2/3 of a gallon of paint left. If you use 1/4 of it for a project, how much paint will you have left?

• 3/4 gallon

• 1/2 gallon

• 1/3 gallon

• 1 gallon

A garden has 1/2 of its area planted with tomatoes. If 1/3 of that area is harvested, what fraction of the garden is still planted with tomatoes?

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 1/4

• 1/2

A box contains 3/4 of a pound of candy. If you give away 1/2 of it, how much candy do you have left?

• 1/2 pound

• 1 pound

• 1/4 pound

• 3/8 pound

Liam drank 5/6 of a liter of water. If he wants to drink 1/3 of what he has left, how much water will he drink?

• 1/2 of a liter

• 1/18 of a liter

• 2/3 of a liter

• 1/4 of a liter