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What is the quotient of 9 divided by 1/5?

45

True or False. Dividing a whole number by a unit fraction will result in a greater whole number.

True!

Sara has 9 pies to divide among 4 friends. How many pies will each friend receive if all of the pies must be used and can be divided into smaller parts?

2 1/4 pies

Brian has 8 feet of canvas. He needs 1/4 of a foot to make a painting. How many paintings can Brian make?

32 paintings

Write the equation and answer to this model

4 divided by 1/4 = 16

What is the quotient of 16 divided by 3?

5 1/3

True or False. Dividing a whole number by a unit fraction will result in a smaller unit fraction.

False!

Coach Bear divided 26 students onto 2 teams. How many students were on each team?

13 students

Six friends split 2 ice cream sandwiches. How much will each friend get?

2/6 or 1/3

Four zombies are sharing 8 brains. How much will each zombie receive?

2 brains

What is 1 divided by 3?

1/3

Zoe made 8 bracelets from 96 beads. How many beads were on each bracelet?

Each bracelet had 12 beads. (96/8)

Aaron bakes 4 blackberry pies and cuts each pie into sixths. How many pie slices does he have?

Aaron has 24 slices of blackberry pie.

Bella, Corey and their little sister, have 1/2 hour to play on the computer after dinner. They want to share this time equally. What fraction of an hour will each sibling have on the computer?

Each sibling will have 1/6 of an hour or (10 minutes).

Polly made 1/4 gallon of fruit punch and poured an equal amount into 8 glasses. How much fruit punch went into each glass.

Polly poured 1/32 gallon of fruit punch in each glass.

Fifth grade students are selling popcorn at a school festival. The students will take turns working 1/3 hour shifts. If the festival lasted for 6 hours, how many shifts did the students work?

The students worked 18 shifts.

Jake buys 1/4 pound of package of cheese. There are 8 slices of cheese in the package. Each slice has the same weight. What fraction of a pound is each slice?

Each slice of cheese weighs 1/32 pounds.

Each lap around the track is 1/4 mile. How many laps will Kavya need to jog if she wants to jog 3 miles?

Kavya will need to jog 12 laps around the track to equal 3 miles.

Ishan bought a 10 cup bag of dog food. He feeds the puppy 1/2 cup of food each day. How many days until Ishan must buy more dog food?

Ishan must buy more dog food after 20 days.

Avi has a recipe for chocolate pudding. The recipe makes 4 cups of pudding. He pours 1/2 cup of pudding into each bowl. How many bowls does Avi need?

Avi needs 8 bowls for the chocolate pudding.

Andre had a pizza party. Each person at the party ate 1/3 of a pizza. There were no leftovers. Andre served a total of 6 pizzas. How many people were at the party?

There were 18 people at Andre's pizza party.

Eight friends share 2 pizzas. How much pizza does each friend get?

Each friend gets 2/8 or 1/4 of a pizza.

Nate makes 5 batches of soup and divides each batch into fourths to place in containers for the freezer. How many containers will Nate use?

Nate uses 20 containers for the soup..

A landscaper has 5 tons of rock to build walls. He used 1/4 ton of rock for each wall. How many walls did he build?

The landscaper built 20 walls.

Andrew has 1/4 pound of pecans. He divides the pecans equally into 4 bags. What fraction of a pound of pecans is in each bag?

Each bag has 1/16 pound of pecans.

Ellie has 3 muffins. She cuts the muffins into fourths. How many pieces does she have?

Ellie has 12 muffin pieces.

Anvay has a piece of wire that is 1/2 yard long. He cuts the wire into 3 equal pieces. What fraction of a yard is each piece?

Each piece is 1/6 yard long.

Two friends share 1/2 of a pineapple equally. What fraction of a whole pineapple does each friend get?

Each friend gets 1/4 of a whole pineapple.

Three friends share 1/4 of a pan of brownies. What fraction of the whole pan does each friend get?

Each friend gets 1/12 of a whole pan of brownies.

Alex has 2 pepperoni pizzas that he cuts into eighths. How many slices of pizza does he have?

Alex has 16 slices of pizza.

Addy has 3 watermelons that she cuts into halves to give to her neighbors. How many neighbors will get a piece of watermelon?

Six neighbors will get a half piece of watermelon.

Kiiti has 3 pints of iced tea that he divides into 1/2-pint servings. How many servings does he have?

Kiiti has 6 servings.

A nearby park has 8 acres of land to use for gardens. The park divides each acre into fourths. How many 1/4-acre gardens does the park have?

The park has 32 1/4-acre gardens.

Carmindy has 3 yards of ribbon to use for wrapping gifts. She cuts the ribbon into pieces that are 1/4 yard long. How many pieces of ribbon does Carmindy have?

Carmindy has 12 pieces of ribbon.

Five bakers share 2 bags of flour. How much of a bag of flour does each baker get?

Each baker gets 2/5 of a bag of flour.

Six friends share 12 cookies equally. How many cookies does each friend get?

Each friend gets 2 cookies.