Dividing Fractions
6 ÷ 5
1 1/5
Kasey has 4 bags of potting soil. She puts equal amount of soil into 3 outdoor planters. How much potting soil does Kasey put into each planter?
5/6 x 2/4
5/12
A rectangular blanket is 1/4 yard wide and 7/6 yard long. What is the area of the blanket?
Must have a label.
7/24 square yards
8 ÷ 3
2 2/3
What is 1 strategy you can use when dividing fractions?
Keep, Change, Flip
2/3 x 7/9
14/27
The poster for a school project is 3/4 yard long and 1/3 yard wide. What is the area of the poster?
1/4 square yards
Shawn makes a rectangular sign that is 2/5 yard long and 7/9 yard wide. What is the area of his sign in square yards?
Must have a label!
14/45 square yards
7 ÷ 1/3
21
Ashley has 8 apples. She was to split them up equally with 3 people. How much did each person get?
2 2/3
5/9 x 2/4
5/ 18
5/9 x 1/2
5/18
What is one strategy you can use to multiply fractions?
Cross cancel
1/9 ÷ 8
1/72
Matt has 7 meters of rope that he cuts into 5 pieces of equal length. What is the equation?
7 ÷ 5
5 x 1/3
1 2/3
2 1/2 x 3=
7 1/2
12 1/3 x 5
61 2/3
2/3 ÷ 1/5
3 1/3
A group of art students paint a US flag on a wall of their school. A US flag has 13 stripes. Each stripe is the same height. The total height of the painting is 72 inches. The height, in inches, of each stripe is between what two whole numbers?
5 and 6
3/4 x 7/6
7/8
2 1/2 x 3 1/3
8 1/3
10 1/2 ÷ 7
1 1/2