Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Dividing Whole Numbers by Fractions
What do you get when you divide 6 by 2/3? How can you connect this problem to multiplication? Students continue to make connections between multiplication and division and work to develop strategies for dividing whole numbers by fractions.
Intel Corporation
Intel: Fractions Made Visual
Students learn the importance of math accuracy and, more specifically, that knowing how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions make life easier for everyone. To help students come to this understanding, they are assigned to a...
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Divide and Conquer
Explore how to divide fractions through multiple activities and the division of whole numbers.
Student Achievement Partners
Illustrative Mathematics: Cup of Rice [Pdf]
For this lesson, young scholars explore dividing fractions through real world concepts.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Dividing With Fractions
Sixth graders model division using whole numbers and fractions and divide whole numbers and fractions using the standard algorithm.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Dan's Division Strategy
The purpose of this task is to help students explore the meaning of fraction division and to connect it to what they know about whole-number division. Aligns with 6.NS.A.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Lesson Plans: Fractions
Teachers, this is the place to come for fraction lesson plans if you teach elementary students. All the topics have a number of resources available from which to choose.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Dividing by One Half
This task requires students to recognize both "number of groups unknown" (part (a)) and "group size unknown" (part (d)) division problems in the context of a whole number divided by a unit fraction. It also addresses a common...
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: Dividing Fractions: Reciprocal Numbers
This instructional activity studies reciprocal numbers and how to use them in fraction divisions.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ns Repeating Decimal as Approximation
In this lesson, 7th graders multiply and divide fractions to determine the repeating decimal.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting With Fractions
Students add and subtract fractions using a common denominator.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Connecting Multiplication and Division
How are multiplication and division connected? Why do 11 divided by 2 and 11 times 1/2 result in the same answer? Students make connections between multiplication and division and work to develop strategies for dividing whole numbers by...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Banana Pudding
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a concrete situation they can model by dividing a whole number by a unit fraction. Aligns with 5.NF.B.7.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf How Many Marbles?
This task is intended to complement "5.NF How many servings of oatmeal?" and "7.RP Molly's run.'' All three tasks address the division problem 4/13 but from different points of view. Aligns with 5.NF.B.7.b.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Origami Stars
The purpose of this task is to present students with a situation in which they need to divide a whole number by a unit fraction in order to find a solution. Calculating the number of origami stars that Avery and Megan can make...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Standing in Line
The purpose of this task is for students to solve a problem in context that can be solved in different ways, but in particular by dividing a whole number by a unit fraction. Aligns with 6.NS.A.1.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Rabbit Costumes [Pdf]
This task challenges students to demonstrate understanding of multiplication and division of fractions.
Student Achievement Partners
Illustrative Mathematics: Banana Pudding [Pdf]
Learners are given a concrete example to solve multiplication and division of fractions in this lesson activity.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Breaking Down Fractions
Discover fractions in the world around us in this lesson plan that also examines how fractions are divided. Detailed examples and pictures presented to explain this concept along with key vocabulary. A brief introduction to problem...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Making Hot Cocoa, Variation 1
In this task, 6th graders solve a fraction division problem by drawing a picture, interpreting it, identifying an equation that represents the problem, and verifying that the equation gives the same answer as the picture. Aligns with...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns How Many Are In. . . ?
In this task, 6th graders solve fraction division problems by drawing a picture and writing a number sentence. Aligns with 6.NS.A.1.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Cup of Rice
Sixth graders are asked to examine a drawing to find the solution to this fraction division problem. Aligns with 6.NS.A.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Traffic Jam
Sixth graders can first model this fraction division problem with a drawing or manipulatives, then use division to solve it. Aligns with 6.NS.A.1.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Running to School, Variation 2
This is a simple fraction division problem that can be solved using drawings and/or arithmetic. Aligns with 6.NS.A.1.
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