Vocabulary
The answer to a division problem
How many children do I have?
2
What operation do you use after changing a division problem to “keep, change, flip”?
Multiplication
solve 3/4 divided by 1/2
1.5 or 3/2
Create a division problem with fractions that has an answer greater than 1.
3/4 divided by 1/4 = 3
The dividend is the....
A number that is being divided into equal groups
What City do I live in?
Entiat
What is the reciprocal of 3/5
5/3
A recipe uses 1/3 cup of sugar per batch. How many batches can be made with 2 cups?
6
Why does dividing by 1/2 make the answer larger?
Because you are finding how many halfs fit into an amount. Or you are multiplying by 2
The divisor is the....
Number of groups to split the dividend into
What is my age?
31
Solve 1/2 divided by 4
1/8
solve 2 & 1/2 divided by 5/6
3
They multiplied without using the reciprocal. Correct answer: 5/6 is correct
Reciprocal
the flipped over version of a fraction
What is my eye color?
Blue ish
Solve 3 divided by 1/4
12
A ribbon is 4 & 1/2 feet long. Each piece is 3/4 of a foot. How many pieces can be cut?
6
Write a real world problem represented by 3 divided by 2/5
Example: You have 3 yards of rope and cut pieces 2/5 yard long. How many pieces?
To simplify is to....
Make something as small as possible. Reduce
Warm
solve 2/3 divided by 1/6
4
Explain what 6 divided by 1/2 = 12 means in a real life scenario?
Example: Six wholes pizzas can be split into twelve half-size pieces.
Find two different fracrtion division problems that both equal 4
2 divided by 1/2, 4/5 divided by 1/5