Fractions as division: printable worksheets
Write a division of whole numbers as a fraction or mixed number, solve sharing problems, and write fractions as decimals.
Sample worksheet
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Fay shares loaves equally among friends. What is each share?
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What students practise
I can describe shapes by their sides and corners and split a shape into equal shares.
Students tell the defining attributes of shapes, put shapes together, and partition circles and rectangles into equal shares named with the words halves, thirds and fourths.
Key words
- half
- one of two equal shares
- third
- one of three equal shares
- fourth (quarter)
- one of four equal shares
- equal shares
- parts that are exactly the same size
- side
- a straight edge of a flat shape
- vertex
- the point where two sides meet
Common mistakes
- Counts the parts without checking that they are the same size.
- Thinks more parts means a bigger share.
Standards
Common Core State Standards this worksheet practises.
- 5.NF.B.3: Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a divided by b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. For example, interpret 3/4 as the result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that 3/4 multiplied by 4 equals 3, and that when 3 wholes are shared equally among 4 people each person has a share of size 3/4. If 9 people want to share a 50-pound sack of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should each person get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie? (unverified)
Related topics
- Before this: Dividing unit fractions (Grade 5)
- Next: Fraction division (Grade 6)