Stephanie's 2 Minutes Movie Project 2013 (FINAL DRAFT)

Stephanie's Fraction Scribepost

Dividing Fraction by a Whole Number 1.

5. Determine each quotient. Use the fraction strips to show your work. your picture is out of 3, and the question is 1/3. So you need to shade in 1/3. then it says that it needs to be divided by four. So in each box you divide it by 4.

5a)

7. Jim and two friends offered to help Jim's father paint a room. There is 2/3 of a can of paint. if the paint is shared evenly, how much paint will each person get? a) Write a division question to answer this question.

8. A board that is 3/5 of a metre long is cut in half. What fraction of a metre is each piece?

8b) Use some sort of model to show the quotient.

My Test Corrections

I made a mistake on this question, because I did the reciprocal. Instead of just converting it into an improper fraction and multiplying it.

I made a mistake here, because I didn't convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction.

I made a mistake, because I did it the reciprocal way, when I was just supposed to multiply the two fractions.

How many groups of 1/3 are there in 1/4?