Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Relationship of Division and Fractions

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

5

Overview

Explore the connection between division and fractions while dividing up cookies. This video focuses on recognizing patterns when modeling dividing up cookies to share with people.

    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 5

    MA19.5.11

    Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.5.11

    Vocabulary

    • Fraction
    • Numerator
    • Denominator
    • Division
    • Remainder
    • Dividend
    • Divisor

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Contextual situations for division.
    • Strategies to equipartition.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to quotients with fractions.
    • Use fraction models, drawings, equations to represent word problems.
    • Model and interpret a fraction as division.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • a ÷ b is a division expression and can be written as a/b showing division of the numerator by the denominator (including cases where the value of a
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    Resource Provider

    PBS
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