Day Eleven: Divide Fractions by Fractions

Today in Math 6 students continued to work with Lesson 1.5: Dividing Fractions by Fractions. The focus was to continue to work with creating visual representations for our different division scenarios. Making area models is a weakness for some of us; it also helps us physically see the division.

Students in Math 6+ continued their work with Lesson 1.5: Dividing Fractions by Fractions. Due to falling behind a little yesterday, Mr. Giomini incorporated negative fractions into the work today.  

Both classes began with a quiz based off of the work they did on their Gizmo over the weekend.

Essential understanding for Lesson 1.5:

• Visual models, such as number lines and area models, and equations can be used to represent and solve problems that involve division of fractions.
• Dividing by a fraction is equivalent to multiplying by the fraction's reciprocal.

In this lesson, students will be able to...

• use models to divide fractions by fractions.
• use an algorithm to divide fractions by fractions.

For evening practice, the student is expected to...

• complete pages 41 and 42 in the enVision workbook. 
• complete pages 41 and 42 in the enVision workbook.

Fast forward to about the six minute mark.