The Number System

Day 8
Van Siclen Community Middle School
Mr. E Grade 6 Mathematics

Class 602/603/604/605
November 19, 2014

Todays Lesson Link

www.tinyurl.com/vscmath63

Do Now 5 minutes Choose two

3
4

2
3

Use the invert and multiply rule to divide:

Write the following as a division number sentence and solve: How many

Mr. E wants to know how many one-thirds are in 3. He wrote 3 3 Is he correct or

incorrect? Explain.

1
4

are in 4?

Lesson Overview

Last time, we learned how to use

reciprocals to find quotients when
dividing fractions by fractions.

Today, we are going to continue to

use our reciprocals to divide
fractions by mixed numbers.

Remember that great

mathematicians asked many
questions ANYTIME they got stuck
or werent sure of what to do!

Reciprocal/Multiplicative Inverse Two numbers

whose product is equal to 1 are reciprocals of
one another.

Example:

because

2
3

2
3

and

3
2

are multiplicative inverses

x 2 = 1.
1

Example #2 4 and 4 are multiplicative

inverses because

4
1

x 4 = 1.

Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions 4 minutes

1
4

Its easy! Lets convert 3

Step 1: Multiply the whole number (3) by the denominator (4).

Step 2: Add the product (12) to the numerator (1). Find the sum (13)

Step 3: Keep the same denominator. The improper fraction is

Try turning the following mixed numbers into improper fractions on your own:

A) 4 5

B) 5

1
6

C) 3

2
7

D) 2

9
10

to an improper fraction.

13
.
4

Easy!

The Quotient of a Mixed Number and a Fraction 4 minutes

Mr. E has 4

1
2

walls left to paint in order for each wall in his classroom to have
5

the same color paint. He has used most of his paint and he only has 6 of a
gallon of paint left. How much paint can he use on each wall in order to have
enough to paint the remaining walls?

What is this question asking us to do?

How can we solve this question?

Solve it!

Find the Quotient 2.5 minutes

2
5

What do we need to do first before finding the quotient?

Find the quotient!

4
7

Find the Quotients! 6 minutes

Problem
3
4

1
4

2
3

2
5

7
8

4
7

5
8

10

11
12

1
5

2
3

10
13

4
7

Quotient

Find the Quotients! 6 minutes

Problem
1
3

3
4

1
2

5
6

5
8

3
4

9
10

5
9

3
5

1
7

1
4

7
8

Quotient

Homework Due November 25, 2014