Dividing Fractions

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

Fractions may look different, but remember they are still numbers. We should still think of division in the same way.

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

Fractions may look different, but remember they are still numbers. We should still think of division in the same way. Here, we are trying to figure out how many times one number will fit into another number.

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

81

3

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

81

3

81

13

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

81

3

18

13

81

13

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

Invert and Multiply !!!

81

3

18

13

81

13

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

81

3

124

18

13

81

13

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

81

3

24124

18

13

81

13

Dividing FractionsEx) Rhiannon is planning to make friendship bracelets for her friends. Each bracelet is made with a piece of string that is 1/8 m in length. How many bracelets can she cut from a piece of string that is 3 m long?

Rhiannon can make 24 bracelets from a 3 m rope.

81

3

24124

18

13

81

13

Dividing Fractions.

18

81

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Dividing Fractions

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.18

81

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Dividing Fractions

111

88

18

81

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.18

81

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Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

65

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

65

2215

56

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

Invert and Multiply !

65

2215

56

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

15 and 5 have a common factor.

65

2215

56

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

Divide them both by 5.

65

2215

56

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

65

2215

16

223

56

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

22 and 6 have a common factor.

65

2215

16

223

56

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

Divide them both by 2.

65

2215

16

223

56

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

Divide them both by 2.

65

2215

13

113

16

223

56

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

65

2215

13

113

16

223

56

2215

Dividing FractionsEx) Divide.

65

2215

119

13

113

16

223

56

2215