Fraction Division Word Problems

6th Grade Math

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Mini-lesson

Review converting from mixed number to improper fraction and vice versa.

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Jalisa is using 5/6 yard of ribbon to make bows for her party favors. Jalisa needs to make 6 bows. What is the length of the ribbon used for each bow?

You have 9/4 cup of jelly worms and a recipe that calls for 1/2 cup of jelly worms. How many batches of your recipe can you make?

Peter took a trip of 7 7/8 miles and used 3 1/2 gallons of gas . How many miles per gallon was used?

After a huge party, there are 7 1/2 pizzas left. if the three people who gave the party divided these remaining pizzas equally among themselves, how much pizza did each get?

The city park service is delivering ¾ ton of mulch to 15 parks. Each park will receive an equal amount of mulch. How much mulch does each park receive?

A relay race is 1/10 kilometer long. Four athletes will run an equal distance to complete the relay. How far does each athlete run?

Reaner Recycling shreds 7/8 ton of aluminum each day. The machines can shred 1/24 ton aluminum per cycle. How many cycles will be needed to shred the aluminum?

After a baking contest, 2/3 of a pie remained. If 8 people get slices of the remainder, how much of the pie does each person get?

Cassie has 5 ¼ ribbon to make three bows. How much ribbon will she use for each bow if she wants to use the same length of ribbon for each?

Joe has 1 ½ pounds of pixie dust. He wants to divide the dust evenly into bags with 1/6 of a pound in each bag. How many bags does Joe need?

Enrique has 5 1/3 cups of soup in a pot. If each serving is 3/4 a cup, how many bowls of soup can he serve?

A small pizza requires 2/3 of a cup of cheese. How many pizzas

can you make from 9 cups of cheese?

Sharise has 3/4 yard of ribbon for making bracelets. If each bracelet takes 1/8 yard, how

many bracelets can she make?

John eats ¾ of a hot dog every minute. The contest

lasted for 13 ¼ minutes. How many hot dogs did he eat?

Mario has 2 ¾ cups of basil. He uses 1/8 cup on each serving of

pasta. How many servings of pasta can Mario make?

How many 3/8 pound bags of trail mix can be made from 6 3/8 pounds of trail mix?

Natasha is setting tiles along the baseboard in her bathroom. One side of the bathroom is 18 ¾ feet. Each tile is 1 ½ feet long. How many tiles does she need for this section?

Nina has a block of wood that is 2 ¾ yards long. Nina

needs 2/3 of a yard to make one box.

How many boxes can she make?

Elsa has 6 ¼ cups of cheese. Each pan of lasagna requires 1 ¼ cups

of cheese. How many pans of lasagna can she make?