Curriculum placement
Grade 6. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.
Dividing fractions
Divide fractions and interpret quotients in context
Problem types
- Divide fractions
- Divide by a rational number with its reciprocal
- Count full and partial groups
- Share a fractional total
Builds on
- Multiplying fractions
- Dividing with unit fractions
- Fraction operations on a line plot · Useful idea
Sharing a measured total equally is a fraction division.
Leads to
Related skills
- Circumference and area of a circle · Shared foundations
- Volume with fractional edge lengths · Shared foundations
- Area of triangles and other polygons · Shared foundations
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