Every sheet of 6th grade dividing fractions worksheets on this page is built the moment you open it, so the 20 problems below are not the same ones the last visitor printed, and the answer key is generated with them. Right now the generator is set to problems such as 5/7 ÷ 1/4 (answer 20/7) and 2/8 ÷ 5 (answer 1/20); press the button again and the numbers change while the skill stays the same.
‘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.
The sheet uses proper fractions with denominators to 9, and answers are simplified, so each problem ends with a reduction step as well as the division itself, which is why a line such as 1/4 ÷ 6/7 turns up.
Only the second fraction is flipped. Writing the multiplication out fully before calculating stops the most common error on this page.
Every sheet is regenerated, so the reciprocal has to be worked out each time rather than remembered from the last page.
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 2/8 ÷ 5 that surprises children.
Teachers usually place 6th grade dividing fractions worksheets alongside the fraction division expectations for grade 6, which is where the skill sits in the majority of US state frameworks.
| # | Problem | Answer | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5/7 ÷ 1/4 = | 20/7 | Watch for: cancelling before flipping |
| 2 | 2/8 ÷ 5 = | 1/20 | Check: forgetting to change the sign to multiplication |
| 3 | 8/9 ÷ 5/6 = | 16/15 | Look at: mishandling a whole-number divisor |
| 4 | 4/8 ÷ 9 = | 1/18 | Ask about: leaving the answer unsimplified |
| 5 | 1/4 ÷ 6/7 = | 7/24 | Watch for: flipping the first fraction |
| 6 | 1/2 ÷ 2 = | 1/4 | Check: expecting a smaller answer |
Take the first problem on the sheet as it stands, 5/7 ÷ 1/4. Work 5/7 ÷ 1/4 out on paper rather than in your head the first few times, say each step aloud, and check the result against 20/7 on the key before moving on.
Here is one worked through. 2/8 ÷ 5 gives 1/20. If your child arrives somewhere other than 1/20 on 2/8 ÷ 5, look at the working rather than the answer: nearly every wrong result comes from a skipped step, not an unknown fact.
Answers appear next to their question numbers, so a wrong item like 2/8 ÷ 5 can be found in the key in a second and re-worked while it is still fresh.
Because the numbers are random, there is no shared answer list to look up: the key printed behind your sheet is the only one that fits it, and it shows 20/7 for 5/7 ÷ 1/4.
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 5/7 ÷ 1/4 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.
When these become easy, move along the related links below rather than adding more problems to the same sheet.
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Last updated: 2026-09-13