Dividing

Fractions Using
Pictures!
 1 1

2 4
First, you have to start with of one whole

1/2
 1 1

2 4
Now we divide our whole into fourths

1 1 How many
4 4 are in of
1 1 2!!!whole?
our

4 4
What about mixed numbers
Lets try 3 3 Start by drawing 1
1
4 8

(1 whole= 4/4) (3/4)

 3 3
1
4 8
Now lets divide our picture into eighths

(1 whole= 8/8) (3/4= 6/8)

 3 3
1
4 8
Now lets see how many groups of 3/8 we
can get from the shaded part (1 )

So we got 4 full groups of 3 and 2 out of the 3 we

needed left over 2
4
3
But what if the first
denominator is larger?
Lets try 5 1 Go ahead and draw
the first fraction
9 3
 5 1 3 3

9 3 3 9
Since
we cant split our 9ths into 3rds,
we will make our second fraction have
a common denominator of 9.
 5 3

9 9
Nowlets see how many sets of 3/9 we
can get out of our shaded area (5/9)

We have one full

set of 3 and 2/3 of
another set

2
1
3
Now you try! Did you start out
with this?
Draw 3 3

4 8
Did you divide into 8ths?
Did you find how many groups
of 3/8 you could make?

2!
Lets try another

1 3
Draw 2
2 8
 Did your picture turn out like mine?
1 3
2
2 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 2/3
2
Our answer= 6
3