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Divide fractions

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\frac{1}{8} \div \frac{1}{2}

\frac{5}{6}

of a pound of bird seed left to share equally among

5

bird cages in his pet shop. How many pounds can he put in each bird cage?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Avery bought some cans of paint and

\frac{3}{5}

of a liter of special paint additive formulated to reduce mildew. Before painting her house, she used all of the additive to put

\frac{3}{10}

of a liter of additive in each can. How many cans of paint did Avery buy?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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An electrician needs

2

rolls of electrical wire to wire each room in a house. How many rooms can he wire with

\frac{3}{4}

of a roll of wire?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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The construction engineer calculated that she needed

2

support pillars of equal size. She ordered

\frac{4}{5}

of a ton of concrete to make the support pillars. How much concrete did she use for each support pillar?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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\frac{2}{3}

of a kilogram of trail mix. If she puts

\frac{1}{6}

of a kilogram into each bag, how many bags can Akira fill?

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Layla made a block of scented soap which weighed

\frac{3}{5}

of a pound. She divided the soap into

3

equal pieces. How much did each piece of soap weigh?

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Myra feeds each of her dogs

\frac{1}{10}

of a can of food each day. She uses a total of

\frac{2}{5}

of a can of food each day. How many dogs does Myra have?

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A furniture maker used

\frac{2}{3}

of a can of paint to paint some chairs. She used

\frac{1}{6}

of a can of paint for each chair. How many chairs did she paint?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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\frac{3}{4}

of a quart of hot chocolate. Each mug holds

\frac{3}{8}

of a quart. How many mugs will Reid be able to fill?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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A road repair crew spread

\frac{5}{6}

of a ton of gravel evenly over

5

feet of road. How many tons of gravel did they spread on each foot of road?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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During snack time at preschool, the teacher divided

\frac{1}{2}

of a gallon of milk evenly between

2

students. How much milk did each student get?

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At the end of the day, a bakery had

\frac{2}{3}

of a pie left over. The employees decided to split the leftovers equally, and each took home

\frac{1}{3}

of a pie. How many employees were at the bakery?

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_____ employees

Mr. Cheng bought a block of fudge that weighed

\frac{3}{5}

of a pound. He cut the fudge into

6

equal pieces. What was the weight of each piece of fudge?

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Maura needs to add

\frac{1}{2}

of a cup of flour to a recipe. She only has a

\frac{1}{4}

-cup measure. How many scoops of flour does Maura need to add?

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1\frac{3}{7}

\div

2

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\frac{1}{6} \div 2 =

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\frac{1}{3} \div 2 =

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\frac{1}{9} \div 2 =

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\frac{1}{6} \div 4 =

Every day, the Chu Family Restaurant serves

4

bottles of soda to their customers. How many days will

6\frac{2}{3}

bottles of soda last?

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Jessica made an apple pie. She used

\frac{1}{2}

of a tablespoon of cinnamon and

\frac{1}{5}

of a tablespoon of nutmeg. How much more cinnamon than nutmeg did Jessica use?

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_____ tablespoons

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4\frac{3}{8}

\div

5

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\frac{1}{8}

of a barrel of raisins in each batch of granola bars. Yesterday, the factory used

\frac{1}{2}

of a barrel of raisins. How many batches of granola bars did the factory make yesterday?

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\frac{1}{10} \div 4 = \_\_\_\_

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4 \div \frac{1}{10} = \_\_\_\_

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\frac{1}{8} \div 3 = \_\_\_\_

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3 \div \frac{1}{12} = \_\_\_\_

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\frac{1}{10} \div 2 = \_\_\_\_

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\frac{1}{12} \div 3 = \_\_\_\_

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2 \div \frac{1}{12} = \_\_\_\_

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1 \div \frac{1}{12} = \_\_\_\_

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\frac{1}{12} \div 4 = \_\_\_\_

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4 \div \frac{1}{5} = \_\_\_\_

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\frac{1}{12} \div 2 = \_\_\_\_

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3 \div \frac{1}{9} = \_\_\_\_

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\frac{1}{3} \div 4 = \_\_\_\_

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1 \div \frac{1}{6} = \_\_\_\_

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1 \div \frac{1}{4} = \_\_\_\_

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1 \div \frac{1}{2} = \_\_\_\_

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4 \div \frac{1}{4} = \_\_\_\_

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1 \div \frac{1}{9} = \_\_\_\_

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4 \div \frac{1}{12} =

At the end of the night, a pizza place had

\frac{3}{10}

of a pizza left over. The

3

employees each took home the same amount of leftover pizza. How much pizza did each employee take home?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Footsteps Preschool buys paint in bulk, then divides the paint into smaller portions for use in the classrooms. Today, they bought

\frac{2}{3}

of a gallon of pink paint and divided it equally between

2

classrooms. How much pink paint did each classroom get?

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A diamond merchant received a shipment of

\frac{1}{2}

of a pound of diamonds. She divided the diamonds into

5

equal lots and sold them to jewelers for making rings and necklaces. What was the weight of the diamonds in each lot?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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A diamond merchant received a shipment of

\frac{5}{8}

of a pound of diamonds. She divided the diamonds into

5

equal lots and sold them to jewelers for making rings and necklaces. What was the weight of the diamonds in each lot?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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A cookie factory uses

\frac{3}{8}

of a barrel of oatmeal in each batch of cookies. The factory used

\frac{3}{4}

of a barrel of oatmeal yesterday. How many batches of cookies did the factory make?

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Martha made fancy red costume decorations for each of the

5

dancers in her year-end dance performance. She cut

\frac{1}{2}

of a yard of ribbon into equal pieces to make the decorations. How long was each piece of ribbon?

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A diamond merchant received a shipment of

\frac{1}{2}

of a pound of diamonds. She divided the diamonds into

3

equal lots and sold them to jewelers for making rings and necklaces. What was the weight of the diamonds in each lot?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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