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

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

Vocabulary

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