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Dividing Fractions
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
Fractions may look different, but remember they are still numbers. We should still think of division in the same way.
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
Fractions may look different, but remember they are still numbers. We should still think of division in the same way. Here, we are trying to figure out how many times one number will fit into another number.
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
8
13
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
8
13
8
1
1
3
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
8
13
1
8
1
38
1
1
3
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
Invert and Multiply !!!
8
13
1
8
1
38
1
1
3
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
8
13
1
24
1
8
1
38
1
1
3
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
8
13
241
24
1
8
1
38
1
1
3
Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?
Rhiannon can make 24 bracelets from a 3 m rope.
8
13
241
24
1
8
1
38
1
1
3
Dividing Fractions
.1
8
8
1: sreciprocalcalledareandNOTE
Dividing Fractions
.1
:
.1
8
8
1:
togethermultipliedaretheywhenofproductahavethey
ifothereachofsreciprocalarenumbersTwoDEFINTION
sreciprocalcalledareandNOTE
Dividing Fractions
11
1
8
8
1
8
8
1
.1
:
.1
8
8
1:
togethermultipliedaretheywhenofproductahavethey
ifothereachofsreciprocalarenumbersTwoDEFINTION
sreciprocalcalledareandNOTE
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
6
5
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
6
5
22
15
5
6
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
Invert and Multiply !
6
5
22
15
5
6
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
15 and 5 have a common factor.
6
5
22
15
5
6
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
Divide them both by 5.
6
5
22
15
5
6
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
6
5
22
15
1
6
22
35
6
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
22 and 6 have a common factor.
6
5
22
15
1
6
22
35
6
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
Divide them both by 2.
6
5
22
15
1
6
22
35
6
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
Divide them both by 2.
6
5
22
15
1
3
11
31
6
22
35
6
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
6
5
22
15
1
3
11
31
6
22
35
6
22
15
Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.
6
5
22
15
11
9
1
3
11
31
6
22
35
6
22
15