Dividing Fractions

A pool is open for 7 1/2 hours every day. Each lifeguard shift is 1 1/2 hours. How many lifeguard shifts are there in one day?

How would you write an equation to solve this problem?

•  $7\frac{1}{2}\div1\frac{1}{2}\$  

•  $7\ \frac{1}{2}\times1\ \frac{1}{2}$  

•  $1\ \frac{1}{2}\div7\ \frac{1}{2}$  

•  $1\ \frac{1}{2}\times\ 7\ \frac{1}{2}$  

Write a word problem for this expression:

 $\frac{3}{4}\div\frac{3}{5}$  

What is the name of the method we use to divide fractions?

• Keep-Keep-Change

• Flip-Change-Keep

• Keep-Change-Flip

• Change-Change-Change

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

Choose the expression that shows "six-eighths divided by two-fourths"

• $\frac{6}{8}\div\frac{2}{4}$

• $\frac{2}{4}\div\frac{6}{8}$

Which word is NOT a key division word to look for in word problems?

• divided by

• shared equally

• each

• product

What is a strategy you can use when you made a word problem, but aren't sure if it makes sense?

• Ask someone else to read/solve it

• Read the problem you made out loud and see if it makes sense

• Try to solve it yourself

• All of the above

If you are solving a word problem and you feel stuck, what should you do?

• Reread the problem sentence by sentence.

• Make a drawing/diagram

• Ask for help

• Try acting it out (when you can)

• give up :(

Tell me how you are feeling about dividing fractions so far:

• I understand and am doing well

• I feel pretty good, but I get confused sometimes

• I am confused

• I do not understand

Max has 2/3 of a pound of dog food to share equally between his 6 dogs. How many pounds of food will each dog get?

A bakery uses 1/6 of a bag of flour in every batch of cookies. Yesterday the bakery used 1/2 of a bag of flour. How many batches of cookies did they make yesterday?