How to Model Fraction Division Georgia Performance Standard: M5N4 Fifth Grade Bob Gregg, Hollydale Elementary School, Cobb County September, 2009
Essential Questions Unit: How do I work with numbers that are part of a whole? How do I compute with fractions? Lesson: How many groups of the divisor can I get from the dividend?” Enduring Understanding: To divide fractions we ask how many groups of one fraction are found in the other fraction.
Vocabulary Dividend: (the amount you begin with) Divisor: (the size of each group you will make) Quotient: (the number of groups of the divisor that are in the dividend) Compute: (a math process like +, -. x, ÷ Whole: (one complete thing)
Vocabulary 25 ÷ 5 = 5 DividendDivisorQuotient 3/4 ÷ 1/4 = N
Multiplying Fractions X 2 3 = 6
Dividing Fractions = X Multiplying Fractions ÷