5th Grade Fractions as Division worksheets

About this worksheet

A fraction is not only a piece of a shape; it is also the answer to a sharing problem. When 3 pizzas are split equally among 4 friends, each friend's share is 3/4 of a pizza, because 3 divided by 4 equals 3/4. This worksheet asks a fifth grader to move back and forth between a sharing situation, a fraction, and a division expression, so the connection becomes automatic rather than a rule to memorize. Some questions describe a sharing situation and ask for the resulting fraction. Others give a fraction and ask your child to write it as a division expression, or to pick the situation that matches it out of several similar-looking ones.

A few ask directly what the numerator and denominator represent: the numerator is the number of items being shared, and the denominator is the number of people sharing them. Children often swap these two, writing 4/3 instead of 3/4 for 3 items split among 4 people, which is why several questions test that swap directly. Reading the situation slowly, out loud, before writing anything down usually prevents the mix-up.

What your child will learn

• Write a sharing situation as a fraction
• Explain what the numerator and denominator represent
• Write a fraction as a division expression
• Match a fraction to the situation it describes
• Find the number of items shared from a fraction