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278÷36=
348÷27=
467÷56=
523÷38=
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Dividing fractions worksheets
Dividing fractions feels strange until you learn the trick that turns it into multiplication. These free printable worksheets ask a child to divide two fractions like 1/2 ÷ 3/4, using keep-change-flip to rewrite the problem, then simplify the quotient to lowest terms.
If they get stuck
Dividing fractions
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Keep-change-flip is the whole move: keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the second fraction upside down. 1/2 ÷ 3/4 becomes 1/2 × 4/3, which multiplies to 4 over 6, then simplifies to 2/3. The flipped fraction is called the reciprocal, and turning the second one over is what makes division work.
Why this sheet works
Once the problem is rewritten it is an ordinary multiplication — multiply across and reduce — so a child who has practiced multiplying fractions is already most of the way there. The one habit to build is flipping only the second fraction, never the first; getting that order right is where most mistakes hide.
How this one works
One question from a sheet like this one, worked a step at a time — with a sentence saying what just happened and why.
Dividing fractions, step by step