Visual
Learning
Glossary
How Are Fractions Related Visual Learning Bridge
to Division? ©
A
Tom, Joe, and Sam each made a clay pot in his
favorite color. They were given a total of two rolls of
clay. If they shared the clay equally, how much clay
did each friend use?
Divide 2 by 3 to find
what fraction of the clay
each person used.
B One Way C Another Way
Think about sharing 2 rolls of clay equally Place the rolls end-to-end and divide
among 3 people. Partition each roll into the 2 rolls among 3 people. Each person
3 equal parts. Each part is _ 13 of one roll. gets _ 13 of 2 wholes. You can see this with
shading on a number line.
Tom Joe Sam
Tom Joe Sam
Each person colored one part from each 0 1 2
roll of clay for a total of 2 parts.
So, 2 ÷ 3 = 2 × _ 13 = _ 23 . Each friend used _ 23 So, 2 ÷ 3 = _ 23 . Each friend used _ 23 of a roll
of a roll of clay. of clay.
Convince Me! Reasoning Amelia is sharing 4 slices of cheese
with 5 friends. How much cheese will each person get? Explain
how you decided.
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Practice Tools Assessment
Do You Understand? Do You Know How?
3
1. Explain how to write __
10 as a division In 4 and 5, write a division expression
expression. for each fraction.
1
4. __ 7
5. __
9 8
2. Explain how to write 2 ÷ 5as a fraction.
In 6 and 7, tell what fraction each
person gets when they share equally.
3. Use the number line below to
show 3 ÷ 4. 6. Five friends share 8 apples.
0 1 2 3
7. Two friends share 1 bagel.
In 8–12, write a division expression for each fraction.
67
8. __ 14
9. __ 10. ___ 6
11 4
11. __ 12. ___ 8
15
9
In 13–17, write each division expression as a fraction.
13. 9 ÷ 11 14. 1 ÷ 10 15. 7 ÷ 13 16. 11 ÷ 17 17. 25 ÷ 75
In 18–21, tell what fraction each person gets when they share equally.
18. 8 students share 6 breakfast bars. 19. 6 soccer players share 5 oranges.
20. 10 friends share 7 dollars. 21. 8 friends share 8 muffins.
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22. Four friends are baking bread. They
equally share 3 sticks of butter. Write an
equation to find the fraction of a stick of
butter that each friend uses.
3 sticks
of butter
23. A group of friends went to the movies. 24. Higher Order Thinking Missy says that
They shared 2 bags of popcorn equally. 56 equals 6 ÷ 5. Is she correct? Why or
_
If each person got _ 23 of a bag of popcorn, why not?
how many people were in the group?
25. Make Sense and Persevere
Number
The table shows the food and drinks Item Cost Each
DATA
Bought
Tabitha bought for herself and 4 friends
for her party. How much did Tabitha Sandwiches 5 $2.89
spend for each person? Show your work. French Fries 5 $1.99
Pitcher of Juice 2 $4.95
Assessment Practice
26. Which equation is made true with the 27. Which equation is made true with the
number 5? number 3?
𝖠 2 ÷ 25
= __ 𝖠 ÷ 3 = __ 13
𝖡 4 ÷ 20 = 𝖡 2 ÷ = __ 32
𝖢 ÷ 5 = __ 35 𝖢 ÷ 8 = __ 38
𝖣 ÷ 6 = __ 65 𝖣 3 ÷ 9 =
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