Question

division of fractions and mixed numbers in the real world

Answer 1

Over a half-mile stretch of road, there are 7 evenly spaced street signs. find the distance between each street sign

1/14 miles
1/9 miles
2/7 miles
3/5 miles

Answer 2

7 signs, so 6 spaces, each (1/2 mi)/6 = 1/12 mi long

None of the answers is right, though I suspect that they want A, because there were 7 signs.