Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Dividing Fractions

Quote of the day:
  • Student: "Why do I have to do this?"  
  • Teacher:"Because it is my job to make you college and work force ready."
Dividing Fractions Using Models

Staring with whole numbers

Dividing with decimals

When dividing fractions, we are redefining our whole



Below are slides of a ppt presentation that I found online that help show dividing fractions, here's the link.
www.district87.org/staff/powelln/Eureka/.../division%20lesson.ppt
This explanation helped me visualize what was happening.







Homework - Beckman pg 233 #4 a-d




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