Dividing Fractions Practice

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🔍 Part 1: Identify the Operation

Remember: Look for key words like "how many," "divided by," or "split into groups."

1. Circle the problems that show DIVISION:

Sarah has 3/4 cup of flour. She uses 1/2 cup for cookies. How much is left?

How many 1/4-pound burgers can be made from 2 pounds of meat?

A recipe calls for 1/3 cup sugar and 1/2 cup flour. How much total?

A 3/4-mile trail is split into equal sections of 1/8 mile each. How many sections?

2. Which phrase means division?

"How much more"

"How many groups"

"How much total"

"How much combined"

KCF Steps: Keep the first fraction → Change ÷ to × → Flip the second fraction

3. Complete the KCF steps for: 1/2 ÷ 1/4

Keep: _________ Change: ÷ becomes _____ Flip: 1/4 becomes _____

New problem: _____ × _____ = _____

4. Use KCF to solve: 3/4 ÷ 1/8

5. Solve: 2/3 ÷ 1/6

1/9

6. Maria has 3/4 pound of cheese. She wants to make sandwiches using 1/8 pound of cheese each. How many sandwiches can she make?

Division problem: _____ ÷ _____ = _____

7. A rope is 5/6 feet long. It's cut into pieces that are each 1/12 feet long. How many pieces are there?

8. Explain in your own words: What does it mean to "flip" a fraction in KCF?