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2. Teaching notes
Before getting to class, be sure to print out the answers and have them handy. While students are practicing the drill questions, you want to be walking around praising and prompting them, not trying to solve the questions for yourself.
On the drill slides, 4 questions come up at a time. It’s ok if some students only do the first couple, as long as they get them right.
Again, these are designed to let you walk around the room and see how students are doing while the classes discusses and/or practices.

3. At that rate, out of 54 songs, you’ll like
1).
Trayon took 25 total shots, and made 18 of them. What percent did he make?
2).
You figure out that you like about 4 out of every 9 songs that you hear on your WJLB. At that rate, if you hear 54 songs, how many will you like?
out of
100
18 • 4 = 72
Copy _____ times ?? 6
• 6
= 24
18 made 18 18 18 18
shots made x x
you like 4
you like = 9
total 54
total
Copy _____ times ?? 6 • ?? 6
25 total
shots
_____ total shots 25
+ 25
+ 25
+ 25
= 100
Copy _____ times 4 ??
Answer:
At that rate, out of 54 songs, you’ll like
24. 72
100
He made
, or 72%
Answer:

4. Solving Proportions with Equivalent Fractions
× 5
× 5
× 5 25
× 5
Step 1:
Copy Problem.
Step 2:
What is it multiplied by?
Step 3:
Multiply numerator and denominator
Step 4:
Calculate answer.
× 7
× 11
3).
4).
5).
6). 2 30
× 2
× 7
× 11 ×6
× 6 56 99
× 2
× 6

5. 40 35 72 15 49 72 100 45 6 is one 4, plus half of 4. So it’s 1.5 • 4
× 5 ×9
× 1.5
7).
8).
9).
10). ×5
× 5
× 5 40
9 ×
× 1.5 35 72 15
× 5
27 is two 12’s, plus a quarter of 12.
So it’s 2.25 • 12
× 8
× 20
× 2.25
11).
12).
13).
14). 49
× 7
× 8
× 20
2.25 × 72
100 45
× 7
Two 20’s, plus a quarter of 20, is 45.

6. Compare them with a calculator 7 0.142857… 0.143 Rounded
Divide and Conquer
• In high school, we often use the fraction bar, not the dividing sign.
• The biggest problem people have with dividing is knowing which number to write first.
21 ÷ 3 is not the same as 3 ÷ 21. 21 3 3 21
is not the same as
Compare them with a calculator 7 …
0.143
Rounded
Not even close!

7. .2 Split up: 1 1 ÷ 5 means you have ___ , and 1 .2 5 .2 It adds
A Picture for Dividing
• What does dividing do?
Dividing splits up an amount into equal parts.
• Draw a picture to represent 1 ÷ 5 .2
Split up: 1
1 ÷ 5 means you have ___ , and
you’re splitting it into ____ pieces. 1 .2 5 .2
It adds
up to 1 .2
1 ÷ 5 = .2 .2
5 pieces

8. 2.60 ÷ 4 ??? 4 ÷ 2.60 2.60 $ = 0.65 $/song 4 song A Real-Life Example
• SCENARIO: For $2.60, you can buy 4 songs online. What is the price per song?
15). Why do we DIVIDE to answer this?
How would you explain it?
We’re splitting up a total into 4 parts.
$0.65
16). What expression shows the answer?
Total: $2.60
$0.65
2.60 ÷ 4 or
???
$0.65
4 ÷ 2.60 ?? $
Please explain your thinking:
$0.65
$0.65
We’re dividing it into 4 pieces,
4 songs
1 song so
we divide BY 4.
What we know
Want to find out
17). Please write the answer as a fraction and a decimal.
2.60 $
4 song
= 0.65 $/song