Dividing Fractions and Whole Numbers

• Kelly

• Morgan

• Esmeralda

• Miles

What concept is the inverse operation of dividing fractions and can help you check your work after proving your thinking with a model?

• Addition of fractions

• Comparing Fractions

• Multiplication of Fractions

• Division of whole numbers

Gailin wrote the following information to share his thinking about division of fractions and the connection to multiplying fractions. Is his mathematical thinking accurate? (true or false)

• True

• False

When dividing with fractions, you -

• divide across top and bottom

• find common denominator

• keep change flip

• reduce

Henry is having a birthday party. He is serving 6 sub sandwiches and wants to give each guest 1/3 of a sandwich. How many guests can he serve?

• 12

• 18

• 2

Jane is making pillows and has 5/6 of a yard of fabric. If each pillow takes 1/12 yard of fabric to make, how many pillows can she make?

• 10

• 2

• 8

• 5

Finish the sentence: ALL division expressions can be written as...

• Fractions

• Cows

• Subtraction Expressions

• Sup Brother

When dividing a UNIT FRACTION by a WHOLE NUMBER, your answer will always be a...

• Unit Fraction

• Whole Number

When dividing a WHOLE NUMBER by a UNIT FRACTION, your answer will always be a...

• Whole Number

• Unit Fraction

If 7 people are sharing 12 chocolate bars, what can you type in your calculator to determine how much of a chocolate bar each person gets?

• 7 divided by 12

• 12 divided by 7