NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

Practice: Word Problems

Dividing Fractions

1. PIZZA Norberto has
9
of a pizza. The 2. CARPENTRY Laura wants to cut a board
10
pizza will be divided equally among into three equal pieces. The board is
6 people. How much will each person 5


feet long. How long will each piece
8 5
get?
3 be?

ft


of the pizza 24
20

3. PETS Errol uses
1
can of wet dog food
3 2
for his dog, Muddy, each day. How many
servings will he get from 5 cans of dog
food? 15 servings
4. ICE CREAM Julia ate
1
pint of mint
chocolate chip ice cream. Mark ate
3


pint of malt ice cream. How many
4
times more ice cream did Mark eat?
1
1
times
2

5. GARDENING Talia wants to give away 6. SCHOOL Kirsten has
3
hour left to
4
6 bundles of rosemary from her herb finish 5 math problems on the test.
garden. If she has
1
pound of rosemary, How much time does she have to spend
2
how much will each bundle weigh? on each problem?
1 3


lb

h
12 20

7. FOOD Joe has
1
of a cake he would like
2 4
to split among 3 people. What part of
the cake will each person get?
1


of the cake
6
8. INTERNET
3
of college students use the
Internet more than the library.
9
use
100
the library more. How many times
more students use the Internet?
8
1
times
3

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