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What fraction of a pound does each hiker get? |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>1.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) | A painter has 10 gallons of paint. Each room uses 2⁄ 5 gallon. How many rooms can the painter finish? |  |  |  |  |  | 2.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | A chef has 4 pounds of dough. Each pizza uses 1⁄ 2 pound of dough. How many pizzas can the chef make? |  |  |  |  |  | 3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A candy maker has 4 pounds of chocolate. Each candy bar uses 1⁄ 8 pound. How many candy bars can be made? |  |  |  |  |  | 5.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | Janet has 7 feet of ribbon. Each bow uses 1⁄ 6 foot of ribbon. How many bows can she make? |  |  |  |  |  | 6.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | A teacher shares 1⁄ 3 of a package of paper equally among 4 students. What fraction of the package does each student get? |  |  |  |  |  | 7.  \u003Cbr>8. |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7) | A gardener spreads 1⁄ 5 of a bag of soil equally over 5 flower beds. What fraction of the bag does each bed get? |  |  |  |  |  | 9.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | Emily has 24 cups of fruit punch. She pours the punch into glasses that each hold 3⁄ 8 cup. How many glasses can she fill? |  |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | A baker has 3 cups of sugar. Each batch of cookies uses 1⁄ 4 cup of sugar. How |  |  |  |  |  | 11.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) | many batches can the baker make?\u003Cbr>Faye pours 1⁄ 4 of a gallon of lemonade equally into 3 bottles. What fraction of a gallon goes into each bottle? |  |  |  |  |  | 12.  \u003Cbr>13.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 11) | A farmer has 18 tons of hay. Each barn stall gets 3⁄ 4 ton. How many stalls can the farmer supply? |  |  |  |  |  | 14.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 12) | Roger has 9 yards of rope. He cuts the rope into pieces that are each 1⁄ 3 yard long. How many pieces does he get? |  |  |  |  |  | 15.   |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 13) | A chef has 7 pounds of dough. Each pizza uses 1⁄ 2 pound of dough. How many pizzas can the chef make? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 14) | Robin pours 1⁄ 4 of a gallon of lemonade equally into 4 bottles. What fraction of a gallon goes into each bottle? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 15) | A baker has 9 cups of sugar. Each batch of cookies uses 1⁄ 4 cup of sugar. How many batches can the baker make? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | Math\u003Cbr>[www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) | 9 | 1-10\u003Cbr>11-15 | 93 | 87 | 80 | 73 | 67 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 33 |\n|  |  |  |  | 27 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nDividing Fractions (Word)  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Solve each problem. |  |  |  |  | 1. |  | Answers\u003Cbr> 1 \u003Cbr>12 |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1) | Dave shares 1⁄ 2 of a pound of trail mix equally among 6 hikers. What fraction of a pound does each hiker get? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 2) | A painter has 10 gallons of paint. Each room uses 2⁄ 5 gallon. How many rooms |  |  |  | 2. |  | 25 |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | can the painter finish?\u003Cbr>A chef has 4 pounds of dough. Each pizza uses 1⁄ 2 pound of dough. How many pizzas can the chef make? |  |  |  | 3.\u003Cbr>4. |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A candy maker has 4 pounds of chocolate. Each candy bar uses 1⁄ 8 pound. How many candy bars can be made? |  |  |  | 5. |  | 42 |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) | Janet has 7 feet of ribbon. Each bow uses 1⁄ 6 foot of ribbon. How many bows |  |  |  | 6. |  |  1 \u003Cbr>12 |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) | can she make?\u003Cbr>A teacher shares 1⁄ 3 of a package of paper equally among 4 students. 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