What you’ll learn
Solve fraction division word problems.
Key idea
The bowl count is total sauce divided by sauce per bowl.
Counting portions and finding portion size are inverse actions; include bowls or cup per bowl as requested.
Worked example
Enter the exact value or ordered values in the format requested below.
A cook has 3/4 cup of sauce. Each bowl requires 1/8 cup. How many complete bowls can be filled with none left over? Include bowls.
- The total equals 6/8 cup.
- One bowl uses 1/8 cup, so exactly 6 bowls use all the sauce.
Answer: 6 bowls
Quick Check
Evaluate a worked attempt at solve fraction division word problems, identify the first invalid step, and provide the correction.
A cook has 4/6 cup of sauce and uses 1/18 cup per bowl. A student writes Step 1: bowls=total÷amount per bowl. Step 2: bowls=(4/6)×(1/18)=1/27. Identify the first invalid step and correct the count.