Name
LESSON
Date
Class
Practice C
4-5 Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Divide. Write each answer in simplest form.
4
7
5
1. 17 9
2. 23 7
3. 39 11
11
7
4. 15
9
9
11
5. 1
21
4
15
3
6. 19
8
3
11
7. 2
5
15
5
5
8. 3
9
13
7
14
9. 1
17
7
10. 57 9
11. 79 11
2
5
12. 1611 6
13. 87 37
5
3
7
14. 98 28
3
3
15. 55 18
2
7
1
16. 9 8 3
3
1
2
17. 5 44 5
18. 33 7 9
3
4
8
6
5
2
2
7
3
19. Jorge can mow 1 lawn in 4 hour. How many lawns can he
3
mow in 34 hours?
1
1
20. How many 22-foot shelves can you cut from a 172-foot board?
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Practice B
4-5 Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Practice A
4-5 Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
LESSON
LESSON
Divide. Write each answer in simplest form.
Divide. Write each answer in simplest form.
1
1
1. 5 2
10
3
5
8
2
4. 9 3
3
6. 6 8
12
5
2
7. 12
5
Divide. Find each quotient in the box.
1
5
1
4
1
2
6
11
5
7
7
8
9
3
7. 5 5
1
2
6
27
3
6
3
8. 7 7
3
1
53
4
1
1
1
1
14. 14 6
1
1
16. 22 32
1
1
17. 16 13
363
3
2
14. 34 26
5
15. 53 15
11
13
4
26
22
7
1
17. 14 14
1
18. 73 15
7
3
1
4
2
1
7
61
8
2
15
2
19. Burger Barn has 463 pounds of ground beef. How many
1
-pound burgers can be made using all the ground beef?
3
1
1
18. 15 25
140 burgers
6
11
20. Roberto needs some roofing tiles to be cut from a large tile.
3
How many tiles that are each 148 inches in length can he cut
5
from a larger piece of tile that is 1008 inches long?
1
7 tiles
8 bottles
41
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Practice C
4-5 Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
5
2. 23 7
1
Dividing fractions and mixed numbers is very much like multiplying
fractions and mixed numbers. Just follow these steps:
7
3. 39 11
1
384
2
325
617
11
7
4. 15
9
9
11
5. 1
21
4
33
35
12
2
5
21
9
3
11
7. 25
15
5
5
8. 3
1
9
3
7
14
9. 17
17
9
55
4
2
8
1
2
5
2
5
12. 1611 6
11. 79 11
3
121
4
16
174
5
3
13. 87 37
6
14. 98 28
7
32
3
22
7
2
7
1
16. 9 8 3
23
195
5
7
15. 55 18
3
6
45
5
Divide: 14 33
1
1
9
1
Step 1: 18 3 8 3
9
1
9 3
Step 2: 8 3 8 1
9 3
27
3
Step 3: 8 1 8 38
1
1
1
5
10
Step 1: 14 3 3 4 3
5
10
5
3
Step 2: 4 3 4 10
5
3
15
3
Step 3: 4 1
40
0
8
2
1
8
5
3
5
5
5
5
2. 8 6 8 6
5
4
4. 23 15 3 5 3 6
3
7
2
4
1
4
1. 5 2 5 1
1
3
5
7
5
2
3. 22 14 2 4 2 7
1
30
40
8
3
4
6
5
8
1
162
20
14
10
7
40
18
1
3
19. Jorge can mow 1 lawn in 4 hour. How many lawns can he
3
mow in 34 hours?
3
3
5. 5 10
7
1
6. 8 3
5 lawns
1
1
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6
8. 43 19
1
9. 23 14
9
13
31
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1
2
9
5
1
7. 1
2
2
28
2
7 shelves
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20
9
5
1
20. How many 22-foot shelves can you cut from a 172-foot board?
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Divide. Write each answer in simplest form.
2
2
7
18. 33 7 9
6
17
1
1
Divide: 18 3
3
4
3
1
2
17. 5 44 5
16
21
Step 1: Write any mixed numbers as improper fractions.
Step 2: Invert the divisor.
Step 3: Multiply and write the quotient in simplest form.
15
3
6. 19
8
1
3
10. 57 9
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Divide. Write each answer in simplest form.
4
1. 17 9
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4-5 Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
LESSON
5
1
3
1
11
4
19. A jug holds 12 pints of juice. How many 12-pint bottles can be
filled with that much juice?
3
1
12. 69 6
1
88
2
17
1
6
2
11. 34 5
16. 22 23
27
7
8
1
7
9
13. 24 14
15. 22 8
1
72
5
7
1
1
4
1
53
1
1
122
1
2
12. 6 3
1
12
13. 23 2
1
7
3
9. 12
4
11
11
6
10. 46 3
1
5
3
1
11. 4 2
1
2
1
72
1
16
3
4
8. 4 9
1
12
4
1
5
9. 6 6
2
1
2
10. 3 3
2
1
12
7
3
6. 10
5
1
2
13
16
5
9
3
3
5. 8 4
1
4
1
3
3. 3 5
4
5
8
24
5. 10 6
1
1
2. 5 4
1. 4 2
3. 6 4
27
4. 3 4
1
1
2. 9 3
3
10. 58 22
5
1
1
24
1
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