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Envision Math 2.0: Grade 6, Volume 1

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4. Understand Division With Fractions

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Exercise 32 Page 35

Rewrite the whole number 2 as a fraction. Multiply both the numerators and the denominators.

16/3 or 5 13

Practice makes perfect

Before we can find the quotient, we will first rewrite the whole number 2 as a fraction.

2÷ 3/8

Write as a fraction

2/1÷3/8

Next, recall that dividing fractions is the same as multiplying the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. 2/1÷3/8=2/1* 8/3 When multiplying fractions, remember that the product of two fractions is equal to the product of the numerators over the product of the denominators.

2/1* 8/3

Multiply fractions

2* 8/1* 3

Multiply

16/3

We can also rewrite this answer as a mixed number.

16/3

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Write fraction as a mixed number

Rewrite 16 as 3* 5 +1

3* 5 +1/3

Write as a sum of fractions

3* 5/3+1/3

Multiply

15/3+1/3

Calculate quotient

5+1/3

Rewrite 5+1/3 as 5 13

5 13

Subchapter links

Do You Understand? p.34

Do You Know How? p.34

Assessment Practice p.36