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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Division Teaching: Strategies to Build A Deeper Understanding


Knowing what a math problem means is as important as knowing the steps to solve a math problem.  The next time students complete a fraction worksheet or do dividing fractions practice, provide these visual dividing fractions examples.

How Does This Help? This blog post shows the progression of how fractional parts change when numbers are divided.  By observing step-by-step visuals, students will gain greater insight into what it really means to divide with fractions.


anchor chart that shows how to divide fractions




Applying What Has Been Learned
One reason why dividing fractions word problems are often challenging is because students cannot often visualize what is being asked.  Visual, step-by-step charts connect the parts of a word problem to their visual representation.  This makes it easier for them to determine when they are being asked to reduce fractions, multiply fractions, or even multiply fractions with whole numbers.
Using models to show dividing fractions

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Being able to visualize math concepts helps students understand word problems, and it also helps students have the needed skills in order to solve math problems that are worded in different ways.

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