Aquarium Feeding Time: Splitting Unit Fractions
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Divide a unit fraction by a whole number to share food fairly.
Feeding Stories
Each amount is shared equally. Write the size of one share as a fraction.
1.
Keeper Maria has 1/2 cup of fish flakes. She shares it equally among 4 tanks. How much does each tank get?
1/2 ÷ 4 = cup
2.
Keeper Tomás has 1/3 of a bucket of shrimp. He splits it equally between 2 sea otters. What part of the bucket does each otter get?
1/3 ÷ 2 = of the bucket
3.
The glass tunnel under the shark tank is 1/4 mile long. It is made of 5 equal sections. How long is each section?
1/4 ÷ 5 = mile
4.
Three sea turtles share 1/5 pound of lettuce equally. How much lettuce does each turtle get?
pound
5.
Keeper Jin pours 1/6 liter of coral food equally into 2 coral tanks. How much coral food goes into each tank?
liter
Models and Checks
Use the model or a multiplication fact to help you.
6.
The bar is one tray of crab food. The shaded part is 1/3 of the tray. Keeper Dana splits the shaded 1/3 equally among 4 crabs. Picture cutting every third of the bar into 4 equal pieces.
The whole bar now has equal pieces.
Each crab gets 1/3 ÷ 4 = of the tray.
7.
Which multiplication equation checks that 1/2 ÷ 5 = 1/10?
8.
Match each division to its quotient.
9.
Each sea horse gets 1/18 of a scoop of food. Circle every division that equals 1/18.
Think It Through
Choose the best answer, sort the quotients, and write your own story.
10.
Which story can be solved with 1/4 ÷ 3?
11.
Find each quotient. Sort it by comparing it to 1/10.
12.
Write an aquarium story that can be solved with 1/2 ÷ 6. Find the quotient. Then use multiplication to check your answer.