Unit 6 · Standard 6.NOS.1
🔑 Division Expressions with Fractions and Mixed Numbers — Vocab Explorer
① Word Wall
Look at the picture, read the meaning, and tap 🔊 to hear each word.
ES Dividir fracciones
Multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
Multiplicar la primera fracción por el recíproco de la segunda fracción.
ES Dividendo
The total number being divided into equal groups (the number inside the division bracket).
El número total que se divide en partes iguales (el número dentro de la casilla de división).
ES Divisor
The number of equal groups you are dividing into (the number outside the division bracket).
El número de partes iguales en las que divides (el número fuera de la casilla de división).
ES Recíproco
A fraction turned upside down.
Una fracción volteada de arriba abajo.
ES Cociente
The answer when you divide.
La respuesta cuando divides.
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.
ES Número mixto
A whole number and a fraction written together, like 2 1/2. It must be rewritten as an improper fraction before dividing.
Un número entero y una fracción escritos juntos, como 2 1/2. Debe reescribirse como fracción impropia antes de dividir.
ES Fracción impropia
A fraction whose numerator is greater than or equal to its denominator, like 5/2.
Una fracción cuyo numerador es mayor o igual que su denominador, como 5/2.
② Match it
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③ Fill in the blank
Use the word bank to finish each sentence.
- 1Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, and flip the .
- 2In 3/4 ÷ 1/2, the fraction 3/4 being divided is the .
- 3In 3/4 ÷ 1/2, the fraction 1/2 we divide by is the .
- 4To divide by 1/2, I multiply by its , which is 2.
- 5The answer to a division problem is the .
- 6Writing a fraction with smaller numbers that names the same amount, like 4/8 = 1/2, is to it.
- 7A whole number and a fraction written together is a .
- 8A fraction whose numerator is at least its denominator is an .
④ Use it in a sentence
Pick one word and finish the sentence in your own words.
A is .