Dividing Fraction Unit

Jeopardy
 Interpret Fractions Mixed Divide Whole Divide fractionsFJ
Vocabulary as division numbers as numbers by by whole
Quotients fractions numbers

100 100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500

 100 – Vocabulary
What method did we learn to divide
fractions?
ANSWER

Keep, Change, Flip

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200 – Vocabulary
What is an inverse operation?

ANSWER

operations that undo each other

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300 – Vocabulary
What is the inverse operation of
division?

ANSWER
multiplication

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400 – Vocabulary
What is an improper fraction?

ANSWER

the numerator is greater than

the denominator
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500 – Vocabulary

What is a quotient?

ANSWER
answer to a division problem
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100 – Interpret Fractions as Division
I have one sheet of paper and fold it into 4
equal pieces. What fraction is each piece of
paper?
ANSWER

¼
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200 - Interpret Fractions as Division

What is this division problem as

a fraction?

12 108

ANSWER
12/108 Board
300 - Interpret Fractions as Division
What is this fraction as a division
problem?
36/72
ANSWER
36 72

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400 - Interpret Fractions as Division

What is this fraction as a division

problem?

1,052/ 10,000

ANSWER
1,052 10,000 Board
500 - Interpret Fractions as Division Board

What does the line in a fraction

represent?

ANSWER
Division
100 – Mixed numbers as quotients

What is the quotient as a mixed number?

ANSWER
7 2
3½

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200 – Mixed numbers as quotients

What is the quotient as a mixed number?

45 8 ANSWER

5⅝

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300 – Mixed numbers as quotients

What is the quotient as a mixed

number?Simplify.
92 50 ANSWER

1 21/25

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400 – Mixed numbers as quotients

How many 10s are in 35? Simplify.

ANSWER

3½

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500 – Mixed numbers as quotients

How many 8s are in 838? Simplify.

ANSWER

104 ¾

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 100 - Divide whole numbers by fractions
I have 9 slices of pie and 16 students in my class. If I cut
each piece into 1/2 will I have enough pieces? How
many pieces will I have?
ANSWER

Yes, 18 pieces

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 200 - Divide whole numbers by fractions
I have 12 pounds of meat. Each bag gets 1/8 pound of meat in it.
Each bag has the same exact amount of meat. How many bags
do I need?

ANSWER

96

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300 - Divide whole numbers by fractions

Divide the whole number by a

fraction
ANSWER

1 98
14 7
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400 - Divide whole numbers by fractions

Divide the whole number by a

fraction
ANSWER

5 4 1/5
3 7
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500 - Divide whole numbers by fractions

Divide the whole number by a

fraction. Simplify.
ANSWER

10 9 3/5
8
12 9

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100 - Divide fractions by whole numbers

Divide a fraction by a whole

number
ANSWER

1
8 2 1/16

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 200 - Divide fractions by whole numbers
Jess has 1/3 of a piece of string. She needs to make
25 bracelets. How much string does she use for
each bracelet?

ANSWER

1/75

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300 - Divide fractions by whole numbers

Divide a fraction by a whole

number. Simplify.
ANSWER

2 1/24
6 8
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 400 - Divide fractions by whole numbers
You have 5/8 of a pizza. You want to split it among 5 friends. How
much does each friend get? Simplify.

ANSWER

5
5 ⅛
8
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500 - Divide fractions by whole numbers

Divide a fraction by a whole

number. Simplify.
ANSWER

5 6 1/18
15
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 Final Jeopardy Question
You, your friend and your cousin share 2/8
of a pepperoni pizza and 1/2 of a cheese
pizza. The pizzas are the same size. What
fraction of a pizza do you get in all?
Simplify.
ANSWER

1/4 pizza