If eight people want to share a 50-pound bag of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice will each person get?
50 ÷ 8 = 50/8 =6 2/8 pounds
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There are seven packages of crackers on Colton’s counter. If Colton divides them evenly between himself and his three cousins, how many packages does each person get?
7 ÷ 4 = 7/4 = 1 ¾ packages of crackers
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Hanna’s trip to Ohio takes 8 hours. Hanna’s parents and older sister split the driving equally. How many hours does each person drive during the trip to Ohio?
8 ÷ 3= 8/3= 2 ⅔ hours
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Matt has half an hour to answer 5 math questions. He will spend an equal amount of time on each question. What fraction of an hour does he spend on each math question?
½ ÷ 5 = 1/10 of an hour (6 mins)
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Melvin has a piece of wood that is ⅓ of a yard long. He will use the entire piece to cut four smaller pieces of the same length. How long will each of the smaller pieces measure?
⅓ ÷ 4 = 1/12 of a yard
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¼ ÷ 6
1/24
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9 ÷ ⅓
27
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Emilio likes to have chocolate chips as a snack. He has five cups of chocolate chips and knows that a serving is ⅙ of a cup. How many servings of chocolate chips does Emilio have in five cups?
5 ÷ 1/6 = 30
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Margaret baked 6 pans of brownies for the grand opening of her book store. She plans to serve guests brownies that are ⅛ of a pan. How many guests will she be able to serve a brownie to?
6 ÷ ⅛ = 48 guests
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An inch worm crawls 7/10 of a meter up a tree each day. How far up the tree will the inch worm be at the end of one full week?
7 x 7/10 = 49/10 = 4 9/10 meters
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Three-fourths of the students in Ms. Sweeny’s class know how to floss. If there are 28 students in Ms. Sweeny’s class, how many students know how to floss?
¾ x 28 = 21 students
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Erin spends 7/12 of an hour each day working on projects for her art portfolio. How many hours will Erin have spent working on her portfolio at the end of ten days?
10 x 7/12 = 70/12 = 5 and 10/12 hours or 5 and ⅚ hours
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Four friends are sharing pie. The pie is cut into six equal slices. How many slices of pie will each friend get if they share the pie equally?
6 ÷ 4 = 1 ½
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Joseph feeds his guinea pig cup of food each day. There are 6 cups of guinea pig food in the bag. How many days will the bag of guinea pig food last?
6 ÷ 1/6 = 36
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Marcus poured 28 gallons of water into 3 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Marcus pour into each bucket?
28= 9 ÷ 1/3
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The teacher was making an end-of-year book for each student. Each book took one-sixth of a pack of paper. How many books could be made with 4 packs of paper?
