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Exercises: Fractions as Division

Work through each section in order. When a division does not come out to a whole
number, write the answer as a fraction or mixed number — never as a remainder.

Grade 5·22 problems·~28 min·Common Core Math - Grade 5·standard·5-nf-b-3

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Recall / Warm-Up

These problems review division skills from earlier grades.

Compute $15 \div 3$ .

Convert the improper fraction $\frac{11}{4}$ to a mixed number.

Divide 17 by 5 using whole numbers. Write the quotient and remainder: ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ R ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲

quotient:

remainder:

Fluency Practice

Write the division $5 \div 8$ as a fraction.

Write the division $9 \div 4$ as a mixed number.

If $5 \div 8 = \frac{5}{8}$ , verify this by computing $\frac{5}{8} \times 8$ .

Compute the division $23 \div 6$ and write your answer as a mixed number.

$\frac{17}{5}$ lies between the whole numbers ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ and ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ .

lower whole number:

upper whole number:

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