Maya has a 8 foot rope and needs to cut it into 1/2 foot sections. How many sections will she have?
16 sections
If you are dividing a whole number by a fraction you must first do what to the whole number?
Put a 1 underneath it to make it a fraction.
1/2 ÷ 4
1/8
1/2 ÷ 1/3
3/2
1 1/2
1 2/3 ÷ 1/5
1/3
Skittles is 1/10 of a foot long. How many Skittles (tip of tail to mouth) will it take to make a 3 foot long line?
30 Skittles
When dividing fractions, what do you do to the first fraction in the problem?
KEEP it the same.
3 ÷ 1/3
9
3/4 ÷ 2/5
15/8
1 7/8
3 4/5÷ 1/3
57/5
11 2/5
Anne and 6 friends equally share 1/3 of a pan of brownies after school. What is the expression and quotient would give you the amount that each person gets?
1/21
When dividing fractions, what do you do to the division sign?
Change it to multiplication.
1/3 ÷ 4
1/12
4/7 ÷ 2/3
12/14
6/7
1/6 ÷ 3 2/3
22
True or False:
When divided by a whole number, the quotient is always greater than the fraction.
false
When dividing fractions, what must you do to the second fraction in the problem?
Find its reciprocal or flip it
2 ÷ 1/4
8
5/9 ÷ 1/2
10/9
1 1/9
1/4 ÷ 6
1/24
When divided by a unit fraction, the quotient is always larger.
TRUE
Fractions should always be in this form: ______.
Simplest form
1/4 ÷ 2
1/8
3/4 divided by 3/4
1
5 1/4÷ 1/4
21