➕ 6th Grade Math · Unit 4
Dividing Fractions
13 short narrated lessons in 3 chapters, each with pictures, a quiz with a hint and a second try, and an explanation for every answer.
Standards: 6.NS.A.1 6.G.A.2
What your child will learn
The meaning of fraction division
- How Many Groups?Divide by a fraction by asking how many groups of that fraction fit, like how many one thirds are in two.
- How Much in Each Group?Divide by a fraction by asking how much is in one whole group, like two thirds of a bag weighing four pounds.
- Fraction Division with DiagramsUse tape diagrams to solve a fraction division like three fourths divided by one eighth.
- The Meaning of Fraction Division: Review ReviewReview what dividing by a fraction means.
Dividing fractions
- Dividing by Flipping: The ReciprocalDivide a fraction by a fraction by multiplying by the reciprocal of the divisor, and explain why it works.
- Dividing Mixed NumbersDivide mixed numbers by first rewriting them as fractions.
- Fraction Division Word ProblemsSolve word problems that divide fractions, like how many three fourths cup servings are in two thirds of a cup.
- Dividing Fractions Review ReviewReview dividing fractions and mixed numbers.
Volume with fraction edges
- Packing with Fraction CubesFind the volume of a prism by packing it with cubes whose edges are unit fractions, like one half unit cubes.
- The Volume Formula with FractionsFind the volume of a rectangular prism with fraction edge lengths by multiplying length, width and height.
- Fraction Volume ProblemsSolve real-world problems about the volume of prisms with fraction edge lengths.
- Volume with Fraction Edges: Review ReviewReview finding volume with fraction edge lengths.
- Unit 4 Test: Dividing FractionsShow what you learned in the whole unit (The meaning of fraction division, Dividing fractions, Volume with fraction edges) by answering mixed questions.
Try a question from this unit
From the lesson “How Many Groups?”
How many one fourths are in 3?
Show the answer
12. Each whole holds 4 fourths, so 3 wholes hold 12 fourths, and 3 ÷ 1/4 = 12. The answer 3/4 comes from multiplying instead of asking how many groups fit.
Hint kids see after a wrong try: “Think about how many fourths make one whole. Then think about every whole you have.”
Key words
- quotient
- divisor
- group
- tape diagram
- reciprocal
- mixed number
- improper fraction
- word problem
- unit cube
- edge
- volume
- formula
- rectangular prism
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