Unit 13 5.3L Dividing Fractions

At the bakery, one dozen equal-sized muffins contain a total of 1/2 cup of sugar. How much sugar does each muffin contain?

• 24 cups

• 1/6 cup

• 1/12 cup

• 1/24 cup

Mr. Cameron had 1/3 of a pan of lasagna, represented by the shaded part of the rectangle. He cut the lasagna into 4 equal pieces and ate one piece for lunch. What fraction of the whole pan of lasagna did Mr. Cameron eat for lunch?

• 1/12

• 3/4

• 4/3

• 12

A quarter is 1/16 inch thick. A stack of quarters is 8 inches high. How many quarters are in the stack?

• 2 quarters

• 128 quarters

• 48 quarters

• 88 quarters

Franci drew a model to illustrate an expression and find its value. Which equation correctly matches Franci’s model?

• 1/6 ÷ 4 = 1/24

• 24 × 1/6 = 1/4

• 1/6 × 4 = 2/3

• 4 ÷ 1/6 = 24

Derek had 1/10 bag of gerbil food.

• * He gave his gerbil the same amount of food every day.

• * He used all the gerbil food in 10 days.

• What fraction of a whole bag of gerbil food did Derek’s gerbil receive each day?

• 1/20

• 1/2

• 1/100

• 1/1000

A gardener divided 4 gallons of liquid plant food equally into jars. Each jar contained 1/2 gallon of plant food. How many jars did the gardener use?

• 2

• 1/8

• 6

• 8

Leo has 5/6 of a bag of birdseed, shown by the shaded model. Leo divides the birdseed equally between 5 empty bird feeders. What fraction of the whole bag of birdseed does each feeder contain?

• 1/6

• 1/5

• 1/3

• 5/36

Seth fills 6 pages in his photo album. Each photo covers 1/8 page. Richard fills 8 pages in his photo album. Each photo covers 1/5 page. How many more photos does Seth place than Richard?

• 4 photos

• 2 photos

• 8 photos

• -2 photos