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8.12 Story problems with dividing fractions and whole numbers

Interactive practice questions

A $\frac{1}{2}$12 L bottle of soda is poured equally into $5$5 cups.

What is the liquid volume of soda in each cup?

Easy
1min

$4$4 people share a $\frac{1}{5}$15 kg block of chocolate.

How much chocolate does each person get?

Easy
1min

Dave bakes a batch of $6$6 cupcakes. He uses $\frac{1}{3}$13 of a kilogram of flour in the recipe.

How much flour is there in each cupcake?

Medium
1min

A farmer has a field which is $\frac{1}{10}$110 of a mile long. She creates fencing to divide the field into $3$3 animal pens of equal length.

How long is each pen, in miles?

Medium
1min
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Outcomes

MA.5.AR.1.3

Solve real-world problems involving division of a unit fraction by a whole number and a whole number by a unit fraction.

MA.5.AR.2.3

Determine and explain whether an equation involving any of the four operations is true or false.

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