Dividing fractions
Divide a fraction by a fraction using the 'keep-change-flip' method and visual models; interpret and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions
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“If your child has 3/4 of a litre of juice and each glass holds 3/8 of a litre, can they work out how many glasses they can fill — using fraction division?”
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- Activity. Divide a fraction by a fraction using the 'keep-change-flip' method and visual models; interpret and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions
What to notice. Divide a fraction by a fraction using the reciprocal method • Use visual fraction models to represent and explain fraction division • Create story contexts for fraction division problems and solve them
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If your child has 3/4 of a litre of juice and each glass holds 3/8 of a litre, can they work out how many glasses they can fill — using fraction division?
Divide a fraction by a fraction using the 'keep-change-flip' method and visual models; interpret and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions
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- Divide a fraction by a fraction using the reciprocal method
- Use visual fraction models to represent and explain fraction division
- Create story contexts for fraction division problems and solve them
“If your child has 3/4 of a litre of juice and each glass holds 3/8 of a litre, can they work out how many glasses they can fill — using fraction division?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Fractions
- Age range
- Ages 11–12
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