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Partitive fraction division
As promised, more notebook pages on fraction division. This is based on the work I did a while back on trying to write authentic partitive division problems with fractional divisors. (As I wrote that last sentence, I reminded myself what … Continue reading
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Tagged division, division of fractions, fraction division, fractions, partitive, rates, unit rates
Common numerator fraction division [#algorithmchat]
My future elementary teachers explore the common denominator fraction division algorithm at the end of the semester. Reading their work got me thinking about common numerator fraction division, and about what sense I could make of the symbols that result. … Continue reading
More on fraction division (you know you love it!)
Readers came through for me when I surveyed on ratios. So I come back to the well seeking your insights. This time on division of fractions. The Common Core State Standards reserve division of fractions as the only operation on … Continue reading
Division and fractions with a third grader
I found some notes on a conversation I had with Griffin last fall. I do not remember the context for it. Me: Do you know what 12÷2 is? Griffin (8 years old): 6 Me: How do you know that’s right? G: … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 years old, division, division concepts, division of fractions, fractions, Griffin, measuring, partitive, quotative, sharing
Questions from middle school teachers: Division of fractions
The following was sent along to me by a dear friend and mentor. It is an excerpt from a conversation she was having with a seventh-grade teacher she works with: What are your thoughts on teaching students to divide fractions … Continue reading