What this lesson shows
1/4 of a pan split 8 ways: each gets 1/32 of the pan.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: 1/4 ÷ 8. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Shade the part
- Cut it into equal shares
- Name a share of the whole
Helping at home
Draw the whole and shade the unit fraction. Cut that part into as many equal pieces as there are people sharing. Cut the rest of the whole the same way, and count all the pieces: one share is 1 over that count. Sharing makes each part smaller.
If your kid gets stuck
Cut the part, then cut the whole the same way.
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.7a
Interpret division of a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number, and compute such quotients. For example, create a story context for (1/3) ÷ 4, and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient. Use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (1/3) ÷ 4 = 1/12 because (1/12) × 4 = 1/3.
Matches standards in 45 statesSee each state's code
- Alabama MA19.5.15b
- Alaska 5.NF.7.a
- Arizona 5.NF.B.7.a, 5.NF.B.7.b
- Arkansas 5.CAR.8
- California 5.NF.B.7
- Colorado 5.NF.B.7.a
- Connecticut 5.NF.B.7
- Delaware 5.NF.B.7
- District of Columbia 5.NF.B.7
- Florida MA.5.FR.2.4
- Hawaii 5.NF.B.7
- Idaho 5.NF.B.7.a, 5.NF.B.7.b
- Illinois 5.NF.B.7
- Indiana 5.CA.6
- Iowa 5.NF.B.7.a
- Kansas 5.NF.7.a
- Kentucky KY.5.NF.7.a, KY.5.NF.7.b
- Louisiana 5.NF.B.7.a
- Maine 5.NF.B.7a
- Maryland 5.NOS.D.16.a, 5.NOS.D.16.b, 5.NOS.D.16.d
- Massachusetts 5.NF.B.7.a
- Michigan 5.NF.B.7
- Mississippi 5.NF.7.a, 5.NF.7.b
- Missouri 5.NF.B.8.a, 5.NF.B.8.b
- Montana MT.5.NF.7.a, MT.5.NF.7.b, 5.D2.8, 5.D2.9
- Nebraska 5.N.3.c
- Nevada 5.NF.B.7
- New Hampshire 5.NF.B.7
- New Jersey 5.NF.B.7a, 5.NF.B.7b
- New Mexico 5.NF.B.7
- New York NY-5.NF.7.a, NY-5.NF.7.b
- Ohio 5.NF.7.a
- Oregon 5.NF.B.7
- Pennsylvania CC.2.1.5.C.2
- Rhode Island 5.NF.B.7.a
- South Carolina 5.PAFR.2.3
- South Dakota 5.NF.B.7.a
- Tennessee 5.NF.B.7.a, 5.NF.B.7.b
- Texas 111.7.b.3.J, 111.7.b.3.L
- Utah 5.NF.7.a
- Vermont 5.NF.B.7
- Washington 5.NF.B.7
- West Virginia M.5.17
- Wisconsin M.5.NF.B.7
- Wyoming 5.NF.7a, 5.NF.7b, 5.NFP.7.A, 5.NFP.7.B