Dividing Fractions and Whole Numbers
What does the following expression mean?4 ÷ 1 How many groups of 4 are there in 1 How many groups of 1 are there in 4? What is 1 of 4? 4 ÷ 1 Use labeled sketches and numbers to model and solve the problem. What does the following expression mean?1 ÷ 4 How many groups of 1 are there in 4? What is 1 of 4? If you split 1 into 4 equal shares, how big is each share? 1 ÷ 4 Use labeled sketches and numbers to model and solve the problem. Mr. Ortega had 1 of a box of felt markers. He divided the box equally among 3 small groups of students. What fraction of the box of felt markers did each group get? Solve the problem. Show your work.