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Dividing Fractions
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What is a reciprocal?

The flip of a fraction or number that when multiplied by the number will equal 1.  

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You have 10 basketballs that you want to share equally among 5 students. Draw a model to show how many each student will get.  

2 per student

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When we multiply any number by it's reciprocal, what is our answer?

1

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You are going to a birthday party. You order 6 pints of ice cream for the party. If you serve 3/4 of a pint to each guest, how many guests can be served?
6 divided by 3/4 is equal to 8
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(5/12)÷ (5/18)
3/2
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What is the reciprocal of 18/3?
3/18 or 1/6
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Draw a model to represent the following problem:1/2 divided by 1/6 - What is the answer?

3

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Dividing any number by a fraction is THE SAME AS?....(doing what other math action??)
Multiplying by the reciprocal.
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Ms. Deb has 2 and 1/4 gallons of orange juice. It takes 3/4 of a gallon to fill one container. How many containers can she fill?
2 and 1/4 divided by 3/4 is equal to 3
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(3/7)÷(6/14)
1
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What is the reciprocal of 155?
1/155
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You have 3 and 2/3 cups of juice that you want to share among 11 students. DRAW A MODEL to represent how you could divide your juice up equally among the 11 students.

1/3 cup per student

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If you were to write out this expression using only words, what would you write? 3/5 ÷ 6/7 You don't have to solve! Just write out what it's asking for!

How many six-sevenths can we fit into three-fifths?

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Mr. Jeremy has 4 and 2/3 yards of material for a new feather boa. Each boa that he makes requires 1 and 1/6 yards of material. How many new boas will he be able to make with this material?
4 new boas
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(1/3)÷(1/8)
8/3
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What is the reciprocal of 1/4?

4

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There are 2 and 4/5 tons of bricks in the supply store. How can we divide these bricks up evenly amongst 7 people? DRAW A MODEL and Solve.  

2/5 per person

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If you were to write out this expression using only words, what would you write? 3/10 ÷ 1/100
How many one one-hundredths can we fit into three-tenths?
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Ms. Ellen is making a doghouse for her new puppy, an adorable greyhound. She has one piece of wood that is 6/7 of a yard long. She needs to cut it into 6 equal pieces. How long should she cut each piece?
6/7 divided by 6 is equal to 1/7 of a yard each.
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16/21 ÷ 20/28
16/15
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What is the reciprocal for 8/1?

1/8

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You have a sheet of paper that is 8 and 1/3 inches long. How can you divide this into 5 equal columns? DRAW A MODEL and Solve.  

5/3 per column

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What key words or phrases can we look for in a word problem dealing with dividing fractions?

Any of the following: "How many pieces can we fit into?" "In" "Divided equally..."

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At the end of the night, a pizza place had 3/4 of a pizza left over. The 2 employees each took home the same amount of leftover pizza. How much pizza did each employee take home?
3/4 divided by 2 is equal to 3/8 of the pizza.
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How many four-sevenths can I fit into thirty-two thirty-fifths?
eight-fifths