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Unit 6 · Standard 6.NOS.1

🔑 Divide Mixed Numbers — Vocab Explorer

Lesson 6-10 · Learn the words, then practice them

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Illustration of Divide Mixed Numbers: Change mixed numbers to improper fractions, then multiply by the reciprocal.
Divide Mixed Numbers

ES Dividir números mixtos

Change mixed numbers to improper fractions, then multiply by the reciprocal.

Cambiar los números mixtos a fracciones impropias y luego multiplicar por el recíproco.

Illustration of Mixed Number: A whole number plus a fraction, like 2 1/3.
Mixed Number

ES Número mixto

A whole number plus a fraction, like 2 1/3.

Un número entero más una fracción, como 2 1/3.

Illustration of Improper Fraction: A fraction where the top is bigger than or equal to the bottom, like 7/4.
Improper Fraction

ES Fracción impropia

A fraction where the top is bigger than or equal to the bottom, like 7/4.

Una fracción donde el número de arriba es mayor o igual al de abajo, como 7/4.

Illustration of Convert: To change a number to a new form but keep the same value.
Convert

ES Convertir

To change a number to a new form but keep the same value.

Cambiar un número a otra forma sin cambiar su valor.

Illustration of Simplify: To write a fraction with smaller numbers that names the same amount, like 2/4 = 1/2.
Simplify

ES Simplificar

To write a fraction with smaller numbers that names the same amount, like 2/4 = 1/2.

Escribir una fracción con números más pequeños que nombra la misma cantidad, como 2/4 = 1/2.

Illustration of Reciprocal: A fraction turned upside down. Dividing by a fraction gives the same answer as multiplying by its reciprocal.
Reciprocal

ES Recíproco

A fraction turned upside down. Dividing by a fraction gives the same answer as multiplying by its reciprocal.

Una fracción volteada al revés. Dividir entre una fracción da lo mismo que multiplicar por su recíproco.

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Word bank
Divide Mixed NumbersMixed NumberImproper FractionConvertSimplifyReciprocal
  1. 1Rewrite each mixed number as an before you flip and multiply.
  2. 2A number with a whole number and a fraction, like 2 1/3, is a .
  3. 3A fraction whose numerator is greater than or equal to its denominator, like 7/3, is an .
  4. 4Changing a mixed number into an improper fraction is to it.
  5. 5Writing a fraction with smaller numbers that names the same amount, like 4/8 = 1/2, is to it.
  6. 6To divide by a fraction, I multiply by its .

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A is .