What this lesson shows
Same numbers, two stories: 1/2 gallon of ice cream for 6 friends is 1/12 gallon each, and 6 pounds of peanuts in 1/2-pound bags is 12 bags.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: 1/2 ÷ 6. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Sharing a part: smaller
- Counting parts: bigger
- Draw it, then write the equation
Helping at home
Ask what is being divided. A part shared among people is fraction ÷ whole number: each share is smaller. Wholes cut into equal parts is whole number ÷ fraction: count how many parts fit, so the answer is bigger. Draw each story, then write its equation.
If your kid gets stuck
Sharing a part, or counting parts? Draw it first.
Watch it with Lux
With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.
Standards
- Common Core 5.NF.B.7c
Solve real world problems involving division of unit fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, how much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share 1/2 lb of chocolate equally? How many 1/3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins?
Matches standards in 46 statesSee each state's code
- Alabama MA19.5.15a
- Alaska 5.NF.7.c
- Arizona 5.NF.B.7.c
- Arkansas 5.CAR.8, 5.CAR.11
- California 5.NF.B.7
- Colorado 5.NF.B.7.c
- Connecticut 5.NF.B.7
- Delaware 5.NF.B.7
- District of Columbia 5.NF.B.7
- Florida MA.5.AR.1.3
- Georgia 5.NR.3.6
- Hawaii 5.NF.B.7
- Idaho 5.NF.B.7.c
- Illinois 5.NF.B.7
- Indiana 5.CA.6, 5.CA.8
- Iowa 5.NF.B.7.c
- Kansas 5.NF.7.c
- Kentucky KY.5.NF.7.a, KY.5.NF.7.b, KY.5.NF.7.c
- Louisiana 5.NF.B.7.c
- Maine 5.NF.B.7c
- Maryland 5.NOS.D.16.a, 5.NOS.D.16.d
- Massachusetts 5.NF.B.7.c
- Michigan 5.NF.B.7
- Mississippi 5.NF.7.c
- Montana MT.5.NF.7.a, MT.5.NF.7.b, MT.5.NF.7.c, 5.D1.17, 5.D2.8, 5.D2.9
- Nebraska 5.N.3.c, 5.N.3.f
- Nevada 5.NF.B.7
- New Hampshire 5.NF.B.7
- New Jersey 5.NF.B.7c
- New Mexico 5.NF.B.7
- New York NY-5.NF.7.c
- North Carolina NC.5.NF.7
- Ohio 5.NF.7.c
- Oregon 5.NF.B.7
- Pennsylvania CC.2.1.5.C.2
- Rhode Island 5.NF.B.7.c
- South Carolina 5.PAFR.2.3
- South Dakota 5.NF.B.7.c
- Tennessee 5.NF.B.7.c
- Texas 111.7.b.3.J, 111.7.b.3.L
- Utah 5.NF.7.c
- Vermont 5.NF.B.7
- Washington 5.NF.B.7
- West Virginia M.5.17
- Wisconsin M.5.NF.B.7
- Wyoming 5.NF.7c, 5.NFP.7.C