THE NUMBER SYSTEM

DAY 4
VAN SICLEN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL

MR. E GRADE 6 MATHEMATICS

CLASS 602/603/604/605
NOVEMBER 6, 2014

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TWO
Mr. E has 15 of a candy bar. He
wants to share this equally
between 2 friends. How much
will each friend get? You may
draw a model.

Mr. Campbell is painting his

house. He has 5 gallons of paint.
1
2

If each room takes gallon of

paint, how many rooms can Mr.
Campbell paint? Write a math
number sentence to describe
this math problem.

Mr. Dunne is serving grape tomatoes to a group of

1
4

children. A serving size is of a cup. If Mr. Dunne has 3

cups of grape tomatoes, how many children can he
serve?

LESSON OVERVIEW

Recently, we have been dividing fractions by whole numbers, whole numbers

by fractions, and we have been working on dividing fractions by fractions.

So far, weve been able to divide fractions by fractions with like denominators
by dividing the two numerators.
4
8

2
8

4
2

Example: = 2, because they have the same denominator and = 2.

Model:

Today we will work on dividing fractions by fractions with

uncommon denominators.

PRACTICE! 4
MINUTES
These are the more challenging fraction divided by fraction problems.
Lets practice! Draw a model if you like.

A) 49 44
B) 63 43

LETS TRY IT.. 3 MINUTES

Mr. E bought

5
6

2
6

cups of berries. If one serving is cups of berries, how

many servings of berries did Mr. E buy?

What is this question asking us to do?

EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS- 2.5 MINUTES

Write at least 3 equivalent
fractions for each fraction below:

A)

2
3

B)

10
12

How do you know theyre

equivalent?

LETS TRY IT.. 4 MINUTES

Mr. E bought

5
6

2
3

cups of berries. If one serving is cups of berries, how

many servings of berries did Mr. E buy?

What is this question asking us to do?

What is different this time?
Is there a way that we can divide these two fractions? Take 1 minute.
Think!

EQUIVALENT RATIOS
We can use our equivalent ratios to help us solve division with
fractions (uncommon denominators)!

For example: 56 23

2
3

uncommon denominators.but.. =

4
6

Now, we can divide because we have a common denominator!

56 46 = 114.

LETS TRY AGAIN.. 4 MINUTES

Find the quotient:

3
4

2
3

This question is asking how many ___ are in ___.

What is different about this question?
How can we rewrite this question to make it easier to model and
answer?

LETS TRY AGAIN.. 5 MINUTES

Find the quotient:

6
2

3
4

Find the quotient: 23 25

MORE.. 5 MINUTES
Find the quotient:

7
8

1
2

Find the quotient: 35 14

SUMMARY 3 MINUTES
When dividing fractions by fractions, can the quotient be a whole
number?

When dividing fractions by fractions, is it possible to get an answer

that is larger than the dividend?

If you are asked to divide two fractions with different denominators,

what is one possible way to solve?