Lesson 26: Dividing Simple Fractions and Whole Number and a Fraction

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Nathan wants to share his buko pie with his friends. He has of the buko pie, and he wants to
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give each friend of the buko pie. How many friends can Nathan feed?
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Solution:
Without any illustration we can solve the problem following the steps in dividing simple fraction.
Solution:
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÷ =n
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÷ =n Write the reciprocal of the divisor
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x =n Change the division sign into multiplication sign
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x = multiply the numerators then the denominators
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÷ = 4 Express in lowest term if necessary
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Therefore ÷ =4
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Nathan can feed 4 of his friends.

Problem 2.
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Jane received 3 guavas from her friend. She cut it into pieces. How many halves did she
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have?
Use real guava to solve the problem

Problem 3
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Lina has of a chocolate bar. It will be divided equally among 4 persons, what part of the
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chocolate bar will each one get?

We can solve the problem following these steps:

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Step 1. Write thee number sentence. ÷ 4 = ___
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Step 2. Rename the whole number in fraction form ÷ = ___
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Step 3. Get the reciprocal of the divisor then proceed to
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Multiplication of fractions. ÷ =
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Step 4. Write the product of the numerators over the product
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of the denominators; and reduce the fractions if needed ¿
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Get Moving!
Read and analyze each question then solve.

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1. What is the quotient of and ?
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2. If you divide by times, what is the answer?
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3. What is the quotient of divided by ?
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4. ÷ =
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5. ÷ =n
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Find the quotient. Show your solution.

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1) 6  6 = n
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2) 16  4 = n
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3) 14  7 = n
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4) 8=n
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5) 30 = n
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Keep Moving!
Find each quotient.
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1. ÷ =n 2. ÷ =n 3. ÷ =n 4. ÷ =n 5.
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÷ =n
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Find the quotient.

2 3 9 6 7
1. 10 =n 2. 15 =n 3. 45 =n 4. 36 =n 5. 28 =
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Apply your Skills!

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1. Find the number of eights ( 8 ) in 4

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2. AlingNarda repacked kg of pepper into kg bags . How many bags of pepper can
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she make?
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3. There are 4 kilograms of rice. Each girl scout can consume 5 kg of rice per meal. For
how many girl scouts is the rice enough for a meal?