2023 Dividing Fractions: Word Problems

Master dividing fractions with fun word problems!

1)A small book took one-seventh of a ream of paper to make. How many books could be made with 8 whole reams of paper? 56 1 1 62 2)A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl used one-fifth of a potato? 1 42 1 35 3)A farmer was dividing up his one-half of an acre of land between his 9 children. Since each child got the same amount of land, what fraction of the acre did each get? 18 1 1 9 4)At a restaurant 3 people were at a table when the waiter brought out one-fifth of a bowl of cheese dip. If they split the bowl evenly, how much would each person get? 3 1 1 15 5)Sam had to write 5 pages for a book report. How many hours would it take him to write it if he wrote one-half of a page each hour? 1 5 1 10 6)Sarah had picked 5 bags of oranges. How many glasses of orange juice could she make if each glass took one-fourth of a bag? 1 20 15 1 7)A chef used one-fifth of a bag of potatoes for a meal. If the potatoes fed 5 people, what fraction of the bag did each person get? 25 1 1 10 8)A group of 7 friends bought 1 of a pound of bubblegum. If they split it equally, how much would each friend get? 62 1 63 1 9)A bakery used one-seventh of a bag of chocolate chips to make 5 batches of cookies. How much of the bag did they use for each batch? 1 1 35 30 10)A sub shop sold sandwiches that were one-seventh of a foot long. If you were to cut the sandwich into 8 equal pieces, what fraction of a foot would each piece be? 52 1 1 56 11)A pet store had 6 cats to feed. If they only had one-third of a bag of cat food and each cat got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get? 1 1 18 6 12)Joey wanted her box of candy to last 8 days. If the box weighs one-half of a pound, how much should she eat each day? 16 1 1 12