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Soccer Snack Shares: Dividing Unit Fractions

Grade 5 practice dividing unit fractions by whole numbers with soccer snack stories, fraction bars, number lines, and multiplication checks.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.NF.B.7.a

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1 Common Core standard
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12 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students divide a unit fraction by a whole number, such as 1/3 ÷ 4 = 1/12.
Students use fraction bars and number lines to show a unit fraction split into equal shares.
Students check a quotient with multiplication, such as 1/12 × 4 = 1/3.

How to use

Use after students can multiply fractions by whole numbers. Encourage them to sketch a bar for each story, then use multiplication to check every quotient in the second section.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.NF.B.7.a

Divide a unit fraction by a whole number.

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Soccer Snack Shares: Dividing Unit Fractions

Share a unit fraction equally and check with multiplication.

Share it out

Find each player's share. Write it as a fraction of the whole.

Coach Rivera has 1/2 of a watermelon. She cuts it into 3 equal pieces for 3 players. The bar shows the whole watermelon cut into halves, and then each half cut into 3 equal pieces. One player's piece is shaded.

1/2 ÷ 3 = of the watermelon

Mateo has 1/4 of a gallon of lemonade. He pours it equally into 2 cups. How much lemonade is in each cup?

1/4 ÷ 2 = of a gallon

The team has 1/5 of a tray of orange slices left. The 2 goalies share it equally. What fraction of the tray does each goalie get?

1/5 ÷ 2 = of the tray

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