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🍕 5th grade math · Fractions & Decimals

A fraction is a division

The top is what is shared. The bottom is how many share it.

Worked example

2 pans of cornbread are shared equally by 3 tables. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
Answer: 2/3
2 ÷ 3 = 2/3. Each one gets 2/3 of a pan. Answer: 2/3.

For grown-ups: Fraction as division (a/b = a ÷ b). Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 5.NF.B.3
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Practices fraction as division (a/b = a ÷ b) (5.NF.B.3). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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  1. 2 sandwiches are shared equally by 6 children. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 1/3
    2 ÷ 6 = 2/6. Each one gets 2/6 = 1/3 of a sandwich. Answer: 1/3.
  2. 3 sandwiches are shared equally by 8 children. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 3/8
    3 ÷ 8 = 3/8. Each one gets 3/8 of a sandwich. Answer: 3/8.
  3. 6 sandwiches are shared equally by 2 children. How much does each get? (Write a fraction or a mixed number.)
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 3
    6 ÷ 2 = 6/2. Each one gets 6/2 = 3/1, which is 3 of a sandwich. Answer: 3.

Before and after

Learn first: Add different denominators (5th)

Comes next: Multiply fractions (5th), Ratio language (6th)

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A fraction is a division (5th grade)

  1. 1 sandwiches are shared equally by 3 children. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
  2. 2 sandwiches are shared equally by 6 children. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
  3. 4 sandwiches are shared equally by 6 children. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
  4. 2 pans of cornbread are shared equally by 5 tables. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
  5. 2 pizzas are shared equally by 5 friends. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
  6. 4 pizzas are shared equally by 6 friends. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
  7. 4 pans of cornbread are shared equally by 6 tables. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
  8. 10 pans of cornbread are shared equally by 7 tables. How much does each get? (Write a fraction or a mixed number.)
  9. 1 sandwiches are shared equally by 4 children. How much does each get? (Write a fraction.) (Any fraction with the right value counts.)
  10. 6 pans of cornbread are shared equally by 4 tables. How much does each get? (Write a fraction or a mixed number.)
  11. 4 sandwiches are shared equally by 2 children. How much does each get? (Write a fraction or a mixed number.)
  12. 12 pizzas are shared equally by 7 friends. How much does each get? (Write a fraction or a mixed number.)

Answer key

  1. 1/3
  2. 1/3
  3. 2/3
  4. 2/5
  5. 2/5
  6. 2/3
  7. 2/3
  8. 1 3/7
  9. 1/4
  10. 1 1/2
  11. 2
  12. 1 5/7

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