Division of a fraction - class-VIII

Practice problems on dividing fractions, including complex fractions, mixed numbers, and word problems for Class VIII students.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Evaluate: $\dfrac{(3\dfrac{2}{3})^{2} -(2\dfrac{1}{2})^{2}}{(4\dfrac{3}{2})^{2} -(3\dfrac{1}{3})^{2}}$ $\div$ $\dfrac{3\dfrac{2}{3} -2\dfrac{1}{2}}{4\dfrac{3}{2} -3\dfrac{1}{3}}$

  1. $\dfrac{35}{53}$
  2. $\dfrac{37}{53}$
  3. $\dfrac{42}{59}$
  4. $\dfrac{47}{60}$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Solve $\left[\dfrac{170}{3} +\dfrac{6}{7}\right] \div \left[\dfrac{2}{7} \times \dfrac{11}{2}\right]$

  1. $\dfrac{1208}{3\times 11}$
  2. $\dfrac{1208}{11}$
  3. $\dfrac{1208}{3}$
  4. $\dfrac{1208}{9\times 11}$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Divide the difference of $\dfrac{1}{5}$ and $\dfrac{2}{7}$ by $\dfrac{2}{7}$.

  1. $\dfrac{1}{10}$
  2. $\dfrac{21}{10}$
  3. $\dfrac{3}{10}$
  4. $\dfrac{4}{10}$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Simplify $35\times 6\dfrac{1}{14}$(approximately)$=$

  1. $220.5$
  2. $220$
  3. $212$
  4. $231$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A ribbon of length $5\dfrac{1}{4}$m is cut in to small pieces each of length $\dfrac{3}{4}$ m number of pieces will be

  1. $5$
  2. $6$
  3. $7$
  4. $8$
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $Rs.510$ be divided among $A,B,C$ in such a way that $A$ gets $\dfrac{2}{3}$ of what $B$ gets and $B$ gets $\dfrac{1}{4}$ of what $C$ gets, then their shares are respectively:

  1. $Rs.120, Rs.240, Rs.150$
  2. $Rs.60, Rs.90, Rs.360$
  3. $Rs.150, Rs.300, Rs.60$
  4. $None\ of\ these$
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Simplify : $\displaystyle \frac{2+2\times 2}{2\div 2\times 2}\div \frac{\frac{1}{2}\div \frac{1}{2} , \text{of} , \frac{1}{2}}{\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2} , \text{of} , \frac{1}{2}}$

  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $\displaystyle 1\frac{1}{3}$
  4. $\displaystyle 1\frac{1}{8}$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the value of $ \cfrac{2}{3}\times \cfrac{3}{\tfrac{5}{6}\div \tfrac{2}{3} , \text {of} , ,1\tfrac{1}{4}}$

  1. $2$
  2. $1$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the simplified value of $\displaystyle \frac{\frac{1}{3}\div \frac{1}{3}\times\frac{1}{3}}{\frac{1}{3}\div \frac{1}{3}of\frac{1}{3}}-\frac{1}{9}?$

  1. $0$
  2. $2$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{9}$
  4. $\dfrac{2}{9}$
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sunny was given $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$ of a sum of money and Ankur was given $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$ of what was left. What is Ankur's share as a fraction of Sunny's Share?

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{2}{9}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{9}$
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If we multiply a fraction by itself and divide the product by its reciprocal the fraction thus 
obtained is $\displaystyle 18\frac{26}{27}$. The original fraction is 

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{8}{27}$
  2. $\displaystyle 2\frac{2}{3}$
  3. $\displaystyle 1\frac{1}{2}$
  4. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the value of $\displaystyle \frac{2}{1+\frac{1}{1-\frac{1}{2}}}\times\frac{3}{\frac{5}{6}of\frac{3}{2}\div 1\frac{1}{4}}$

  1. $2$
  2. $5$
  3. $6$
  4. $1$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Simplify : $\displaystyle \left [ 3\frac{1}{4}\div \left { 1\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{2}\left ( 2\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{6} \right ) \right } \right ]\div \left ( \frac{1}{2}of4\frac{1}{3} \right )$

  1. 18
  2. 36
  3. 39
  4. 78
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

15 of $\displaystyle \frac{1}{5}$ is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{75}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{151}{5}$
  3. 3
  4. -3
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Place value chart is extended on .............. side to provide place for fractions

  1. right
  2. left
  3. no
  4. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

The fraction $\displaystyle \frac{9}{4}$ can be written as

  1. $\displaystyle \dfrac{\dfrac{9}{2}}{\dfrac{4}{2}}$
  2. $\displaystyle \dfrac{\dfrac{9}{4}}{1}$
  3. $\displaystyle \dfrac{\dfrac{9}{5}}{\dfrac{4}{5}}$
  4. $\displaystyle \dfrac{\dfrac{7}{6}}{\dfrac{9}{4}}$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is complex fraction?

  1. $\dfrac{6\dfrac{1}{3}}{9}$
  2. $\dfrac{4}{9}$
  3. $\dfrac{5}{9}$
  4. $\dfrac{8}{9}$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Divide $\dfrac35$ by $4$.

  1. $\dfrac{12}5$
  2. $\dfrac3{20}$
  3. $\dfrac{12}{20}$
  4. $\dfrac35$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Divide $\dfrac{25}{36}$ by $5$.

  1. $\dfrac{5}{6}$
  2. $\dfrac{25}{6}$
  3. $\dfrac{5}{36}$
  4. $\dfrac{36}{5}$
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Divide $\dfrac45$ by $2$.

  1. $\dfrac25$
  2. $\dfrac15$
  3. $\dfrac85$
  4. None of these
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If we divide $1$ by a fraction $x$, we get ______ $x$.

  1. same fraction as
  2. reciprocal of
  3. double of
  4. half of
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Divide $10$ by $\dfrac{20}{19}$.

  1. $\dfrac{19}{2}$
  2. $\dfrac{1}{20}$
  3. $\dfrac{19}{20}$
  4. $\dfrac{9}{2}$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Simplify the following:
$\dfrac {3}{8} \div \dfrac {24}{48} =\dfrac{3}{4}$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Divide the sum of $\displaystyle\frac{65}{12}$ and $\displaystyle\frac{12}{7}$ by their difference.

  1. $\displaystyle\frac{599}{311}$
  2. $\displaystyle\frac{680}{216}$
  3. $\displaystyle\frac{642}{133}$
  4. $\displaystyle\frac{501}{301}$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Divide $\dfrac{15}{38}$ by $\dfrac{-3}{19}$

  1. $\dfrac{-2}{5}$
  2. $\dfrac{-5}{2}$
  3. $\dfrac{2}{5}$
  4. $\dfrac{5}{2}$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Evaluate the following :

$\displaystyle  8 \times \dfrac {\dfrac{5}{24}}{\dfrac {7}{12}} $.

  1. $\displaystyle \frac {5 }{24}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac {20}{7}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac {2}{7}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac {21}{5}$
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$I = \displaystyle \frac{3}{4}\div \frac{5}{6}$ 

$II = 3\displaystyle \div $[($4\displaystyle \div 5$)$\displaystyle \div 6$]
$III = [3\displaystyle \div (4\displaystyle \div 5)]\displaystyle \div 6$
$IV = 3\displaystyle \div 4(5\displaystyle \div 6)$
Select the correct option from the following.

  1. I and II are equal
  2. I and IV are equal
  3. I and III are equal
  4. All are equal
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The least fraction that must be added to $\displaystyle1\frac{1}{3}\div 1\frac{1}{2}\div 1\frac{1}{9}$  to make the result an integer is:

  1. $\displaystyle\frac{4}{5}$
  2. $\displaystyle\frac{3}{5}$
  3. $\displaystyle\frac{2}{5}$
  4. $\displaystyle\frac{1}{5}$
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

If $a=1\frac{3}{4}$ and $b=1\frac{2}{3}$ then the false statement is

  1. $\frac{a}{b}=\frac{b}{a}$
  2. $a\div b \neq b \div a$
  3. $a\times b=b\times a$
  4. $a\div b=ab$