Dividing fractions word problems

Diana is painting statues. She has \frac {7}{8} of a liter of paint remaining. Each statue requires \frac {1}{20} of a liter of paint.

How many statues can she paint?

A swimming pool is open for 7\ \frac{1}{2} hours during a day. The pool keeps one lifeguard on duty at a time, and each lifeguard’s shift is 1\ \frac{1}{2} hours long.

How many shifts are there per day?

Vera is using her phone. Its battery life is down to \frac {2}{5} , and it drains another \frac {1}{9} every hour.

How many hours will her battery last?

A piano teacher has 4\ \frac{1}{2} hours available to teach in a night. Each lesson will last 1\ \frac{1}{2} hours.

How many lessons can the teacher schedule in a night?

Stephen uses \frac {2}{25} kilograms of tofu in each serving of his famous tofu dish. He has 1\ \frac{1}{10} kilograms of tofu.

How many servings can Stephen make?

A baker has  5\ \frac{1}{4} pies in her shop. She cut the pies in pieces that are each \frac {1}{8} of a whole pie.

How many pieces of pie does she have?

Erica can run \frac {1}{6} of a kilometer in a minute. Her school is \frac {3}{4} of a kilometer away from her home.

A relay race covers 1\ \frac{1}{2} kilometers, and each runner on a team will run \frac {1}{4} of a kilometer.

Amira has \frac {3}{4}  of a bag of cat food. Her cat eats \frac {1}{10} of a bag per week.

How many weeks will the food last?

A stretch of highway that is 12\ \frac{1}{4}  kilometers long has speed limit signs every \frac {7}{8} of a kilometer.

A 16\ \frac{1}{2} kilometer stretch of road needs repairs. Workers can repair 2\ \frac{1}{4} kilometer of road per week.

Carlos has \frac {4}{5} of a tank of fuel in his car. He uses \frac {1}{10} of a tank per day.

Yao Xin puts \frac {3}{10} liters of potting soil in each pot for planting flowers. She has 5\ \frac{2}{3} liters of potting soil.

Sean has some candy bars that he wants to give away. He is going to give each person \frac {1}{8} of a bar, and he has 2\ \frac{3}{4} bars to give away.

How many people will get candy?

Nicole is playing a video game where each round lasts \frac {7}{12} of an hour. She has scheduled 3\ \frac{3}{4}  hours to play the game.

Marcus is picking songs to play during a slideshow. The songs are each 3\ \frac{1}{2} minutes long. The slideshow is 31\ \frac{1}{2}  minutes long.

How many songs will play in the slideshow?

A turtle can walk \frac {1}{12} of a kilometer in an hour. The turtle is \frac {1}{5} of a kilometer away from a pond.

A pizza is cut into slices that are each \frac {1}{6} of the whole. John is going to eat \frac {1}{2} of the whole pizza.

Ana drinks chocolate milk out of glasses that each hold \frac {1}{8} of a liter. She has \frac {7}{10}  of a liter of chocolate milk in her refrigerator.