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A bucket holds 2 pounds of sand and is filled using a scoop that holds exactly 1/5 of a pound. How many scoops would it take to fill the bucket with sand?

2 ÷ 1/5 = 10

A bakery used one-sixth of a bag of sugar to make 3 batches of cookies. How much of the bag did they use for each batch?

⅙ ÷ 3 = 1/18

A bag of jelly beans contains 2 pounds of assorted flavored jelly beans. How many one-third of a pound servings are there in a bag?

2 ÷ 1/3 = 6

A Great Dane’s (very large dog) food bowl holds 3 cups of dog food. Timothy uses a scoop that holds of a cup of dog food. How many scoops will it take for Timothy to fill the dog bowl?

3 ÷ ¼ = 12

A store had 4 boxes of baseball cards. How many days would it take to sell the cards if each day they sold one-sixth of a box?

4 ÷ 1/6 = 24

Henry’s mom has half of a cookie cake left from yesterday’s dinner. Today, her five children will share this leftover cookie cake equally. What fraction of the cookie cake will each child get?

½ ÷ 5 = 1/10

At a picnic, 15 people shared 5 large sandwiches equally. How much of a sandwich did each person get to eat?

5 ÷ 15 = 1/3

Eric has ½ pound of raisins. He put the raisins into 6 bags. He put the same amount into each bag. How many pounds of raisins did Eric put into each bag?

½ ÷ 6 = 1/12

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?

4 ÷ 1/6 = 24

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 ÷ ⅓

27

¼ ÷ 6

1/24

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

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)

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

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

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