Visual
Learning
Glossary
How Can You Model Dividing a Unit Visual Learning Bridge
Fraction by a Whole Number?
A
Half of a pan of cornbread is left over. Ann, Beth, and
Chuck are sharing the leftovers equally. What fraction You can make a
1
of the original cornbread does each person get? drawing to show __
2
of the cornbread.
B One Way C Another Way
On an area model, divide _ 12 into Use a number line. Shade _12 on the number
3 equal parts. line. Partition _ 12 into 3 equal parts.
1 ÷ 3
__
2 1 ÷ 3
__
0
1 2 1 4 5
1
2 6 6 2 6 6
1 of the whole.
Each part contains __ 1 .
Each part is __
6 6
1 ÷ 3 = __ 1 ÷ 3 = __
1
__ 1 __
2 6
2 6
1 of the cornbread.
Each person gets __ 1 of the cornbread.
6
Each person gets __
6
Convince Me! Reasoning In the example above, how is
dividing by 3 the same as multiplying by _ 13 ?
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Name
Practice Tools Assessment
Do You Understand? Do You Know How?
1. In the example at the top of page 402,
In 3–6, find each quotient. Use the
suppose that 4 people were sharing
picture or objects to help.
half of the cornbread equally. What
fraction of the original cornbread
would each person get? Draw a picture
or use objects to help.
14 ÷ 2
3. __ 14 ÷ 4
4. __
2. When you divide a unit fraction by a
non-zero whole number greater than 1,
will the quotient be greater than or less 1 ÷ 2
than the unit fraction? 5. __ 1 ÷ 4
6. __
2 2
Leveled Practice In 7 and 8, find each quotient. Use a picture or objects to help.
1 ÷ 5
7. __
2
15 ÷ 2
1 2 3 4
8. __ 0 5 5 5 5
1
Partitioning pictures
or objects can help
when dividing fractions
In 9–14, find each quotient. by a whole number.
1 ÷ 7
9. __ 14 ÷ 3
10. __ 1 ÷ 2
11. __
2 6
1 ÷ 4
12. __ 14 ÷ 5
13. __ 15 ÷ 3
14. __
3
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15. Vin, Corrie, Alexa, and Joe equally
shared one fourth of a submarine 1
sandwich. What fraction of the 4
original sandwich did each friend get? 0 1
Use the number line to help you find
the answer.
16. Sue has _ 12 gallon of milk to share evenly 17. Critique Reasoning Taryn says that _ 14 of
among four people. How much milk, in a cereal bar is larger than _ 13 of the cereal
gallons, should she give each person? bar. Is she correct? Explain.
18. Algebra On Saturday, Amir ran 1 _34 miles, 19. Higher Order Thinking Five friends
and Janie ran 2 _12 miles. Who ran farther? equally shared half of one large pizza and
How much farther? Write an equation to 14 of another large pizza. What fraction of
_
find d, the difference of the two distances. each pizza did each friend get? How do
the two amounts compare to each other?
Assessment Practice
20. Jamie cut a rope into thirds. He used two 21. One half of an apple pie is left for
of the pieces to make a swing. He used 5 family members to share equally.
equal lengths of the leftover rope on What fraction of the original pie will
four picture frames. What fraction of the each member get?
original rope did he use for each picture 1
frame? 𝖠 __
10
𝖠 __14 𝖡 __71
1
𝖡 __ 𝖢 __31
12
1
𝖢 __ 𝖣 __52
16
𝖣 __34
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