Relationship of Division and Fractions

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

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.

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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

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

CUSTOM
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