More Multiply and Divide Fractions Word Problems Exercises

1. Sally has been measuring a flower for a science project. The flower has grown $\dfrac{1}{2}$ of a centimeter each day and grown a total of $2$ centimeters taller.

How many days has Sally been measuring this flower?

____ days

2. Lisa has $\dfrac{1}{3}$ of an hour to read and watch television. She wants to split her time equally between the two activities.

How much time would she spend on each activity?

_____ of an hour

3. Matt is filling containers of rice. Each container holds $\dfrac{1}{4}$ of a kilogram of rice.

If Matt has $7$ kilograms of rice, how many containers can he fill?

_____ containers

4. Tommy will spend $\dfrac{1}{5}$ of his time this weekend studying for his 4 final exams.

What fraction of the weekend will he spend studying for each of his $4$ exams if he spends the same amount of time studying for each exam?

_____ of the weekend

Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math/divide-fractions/imp-dividing-fractions-and-whole-numbers-word-problems/e/division-with-fractions-and-whole-numbers
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