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Dividing Fractions Worksheets

Use this page when you want dividing fractions worksheets in the next thirty seconds: choose how many problems you want, press print, and the answer key comes out on its own page behind the worksheet. The version loaded below opens with items in the shape of 4/6 ÷ 8/9 and 3/9 ÷ 4/7; the key lists 3/4 and 7/12 next to their question numbers.

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‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

What these worksheets cover

The reason is this: dividing asks how many of the second fraction fit into the first. Because the second is smaller than one, more of them fit and the answer comes out larger, which is the part of 3/9 ÷ 4/7 that surprises children.

Estimation still applies: dividing by something less than one makes the result bigger, so if 3/9 ÷ 4/7 came out smaller than the fraction it started from, something went wrong.

Only the second fraction is flipped. Writing the multiplication out fully before calculating stops the most common error on this page.

Dividing by a fraction means multiplying by its reciprocal, which is why 4/6 ÷ 8/9 works out to 3/4. The rule is short, and the reason behind it is worth one conversation before the drilling starts.

Teachers usually place dividing fractions worksheets alongside the fraction division expectations for grade 6, which is where the skill sits in the majority of US state frameworks.

Examples taken from this worksheet

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (proper fractions with denominators to 9).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
14/6 ÷ 8/9 =3/4Watch for: mishandling a whole-number divisor
23/9 ÷ 4/7 =7/12Check: expecting a smaller answer
35/8 ÷ 4/6 =15/16Look at: flipping the first fraction
48/9 ÷ 1/3 =8/3Ask about: cancelling before flipping
51/3 ÷ 1/5 =5/3Watch for: forgetting to change the sign to multiplication
62/3 ÷ 5/7 =14/15Check: leaving the answer unsimplified

Start with one worked example

The item 3/9 ÷ 4/7 is worth doing slowly. The answer to 3/9 ÷ 4/7 is 7/12, and the route to it is the route every other problem on this sheet takes — which is why the sheet has 20 of them rather than one.

Take the first problem on the sheet as it stands, 4/6 ÷ 8/9. Work 4/6 ÷ 8/9 out on paper rather than in your head the first few times, say each step aloud, and check the result against 3/4 on the key before moving on.

Three mistakes we see most often

How to run this as a 10-minute daily drill

  1. Write the finish time and the score at the top of every sheet. Two weeks of those two numbers tells you more about progress on dividing one fraction by another than any single test result.
  2. Run the sheet at the same time each day. Ten focused minutes before dinner beats an hour on Sunday, because dividing one fraction by another is a recall skill: 4/6 ÷ 8/9 has to arrive without being worked out, and recall is built by frequency.
  3. Read the first two problems out loud together before starting the clock. It costs fifteen seconds and removes most of the 'I did not understand the question' errors.
  4. Use a pencil, not a pen. Children working on dividing one fraction by another rethink far more often when erasing is allowed, and you get to see exactly where the rethinking happened on an item like 5/8 ÷ 4/6.
  5. Re-print the same skill rather than the same sheet. Because the numbers change, a child who memorised that 4/6 ÷ 8/9 gives 3/4 still has to actually calculate tomorrow.

The answer key

Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.

Answers appear next to their question numbers, so a wrong item like 3/9 ÷ 4/7 can be found in the key in a second and re-worked while it is still fresh.

How to print this worksheet

For a class set, print one sheet, press the new-worksheet button and print again. Each child gets different numbers on the same skill, so nobody can copy the answer to 4/6 ÷ 8/9 from a neighbour.

The sheet is laid out to fit one page on both US Letter and A4. Leave the browser scaling at 100% and turn headers and footers off, and the 20 problems land inside the margins on either paper size.

Frequently asked questions

Can I change how many problems are on the page?
Yes — the generator takes 10, 20 or 30 problems. Twenty is the default because it fits one page and suits a 10-minute drill.
Will these print correctly on A4?
Yes. These dividing fractions worksheets fit both A4 and US Letter without clipping, as long as print scaling is left at 100% and browser headers and footers are switched off.
Which fraction gets flipped?
The one you are dividing by — the second one. This is the single most common thing to get wrong on the whole page.
Why is the answer bigger than what I started with?
Because you are counting how many small pieces fit into a larger amount, and small pieces fit many times over.

Print a sheet of dividing fractions worksheets, run it for 10 minutes, mark it together, and come back tomorrow for a different set of numbers on the same skill.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13