Charger Time: Dividing Fractions

Brian has 3/4 hour to work on his math problems. It takes him 1/8 hour to finish one math problem. How many math problems can Brian finish during this time?

• 8

• 6

• 4

• 3

Todd bought 1 1/2 yards of fabric. Each pillow uses 3/8 yard of fabric. How many pillows can Todd make?

• 9/16

• 1 7/8

• 3

• 4

Mr. Andrew had a piece of construction paper with an area of 9/16 square yard. The width of the paper was 1/2 yard. What was the length of the piece of construction paper?

• 1/16 yard

• 9/32 yard

• 5/8 yard

• 1 1/8 yards

Mrs. Smith made 2 1/2 gallons of tea. A serving of tea is 1/8 gallon. How many servings of tea did Mrs. Smith make?

• 8

• 16

• 20

Lynn is cutting a roll of cookie dough into slices that are 3/8 of an inch thick. The entire roll of cookie dough is 10 1/2 inches long. How many slices of cookie dough will Lynn get from the roll?

• 28

• 21

• 12

A cookie recipe needs 2/3 cup of butter for one batch of cookies. Emily has 1 1/2 cups of butter. What is the maximum number of batches of cookies Emily can make?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Linda has 3/4 gallon of ice cream. She put an equal amount of ice cream into 6 bowls. How much ice cream was in each bowl?

• 1/8 gallon

• 1/4 gallon

• 4/9 gallon

• 9/2 gallons

Matt worked for 3 3/4 hours painting birdhouses. It takes him 1/2 hour to paint one birdhouse. How many birdhouses did Matt finish painting?

• A. 2

• B. 3

• C. 7

• D. 8

A soccer field has an area of 7/8 square miles. The length of the field is 2/5 miles. What is the width of the soccer field?

• 16/35 miles

• 7/20 miles

• 35/16 miles

• 20/7 miles

Josh ran 2 3/4 miles around a track. Each lap around the track is 1/4 mile. How many laps around the track did Josh run?

• 8 laps

• 11 laps

• 12 laps