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Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________
Dividing Fractions
Practice A: Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Find the reciprocal.
1. 1
2
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4. 1
3
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7. 2
5
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2. 2
3
3. 1
5
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5. 3
5
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6. 1 1
4
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8. 3
7
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9. 1 1
2
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Divide. Write each answer in simplest form.
10. 2  2
3
11. 1  3
4
2
12. 5  1
6
4
2 • _______
3
1 • _______
2
5 • _______
6
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13. 3  1
5
5
15. 1 1  1
2 2
14. 7  3
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3 • _______
5
7 • _______
9
1 1 • _______
2
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16. Stella has 6 pounds of chocolate. She will use
2 pound of the chocolate to make one cake.
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How many cakes can she make?
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17. Todd has 8 pound of clay. He will use 1 pound to
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make each action figure. How many action figures
can he make?
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18. Dylan gives his two guinea pigs a total of 3 cup of
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food every day. If each guinea pig gets the same
amount of food, how much do they each get
each day?
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Holt McDougal Mathematics
Name _______________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________
Dividing Fractions
Practice B: Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Find the reciprocal.
1. 5
7
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4. 1
10
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7. 1 1
3
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2. 9
8
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5. 4
9
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8. 2 4
5
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3. 3
5
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6. 13
14
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9. 3 1
6
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Divide. Write each answer in simplest form.
10. 5  5
6
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13. 3 1  2 3
4
4
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16. 2 6  6
9
7
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11. 2 3  1 4
4
7
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14. 9  3
10
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17. 5  2 3
10
6
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19. The rope in the school gymnasium is 10 1 feet long. To
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make it easier to climb, the gym teacher tied a knot in
the rope every 3 foot. How many knots are in the rope?
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20. Mr. Fulton bought 12 1 pounds of ground beef for the
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cookout. He plans on using 1 pound of beef for each
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hamburger. How many hamburgers can he make?
21. Mrs. Marks has 9 1 ounces of fertilizer for her plants.
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She plans on using 3 ounce of fertilizer for each plant.
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How many plants can she fertilize?
12. 7  2
8
3
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15. 3  9
4
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18. 2 1  3 1
8
4
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Holt McDougal Mathematics