Access Point #: MAFS.6.NS.1.AP.1a (Archived Access Point)


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Divide fractions using visual fraction models.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

Concrete:

  • Understand and apply the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
  • Identify a fraction and decimal.
  • Given a context, choose the correct operation (e.g., altogether, take away).
Representation:
  • Relates fractions and decimals to pictorial representations.
  • Understand the following symbols, concepts, and vocabulary: +, -, ×, ÷, fraction and decimal (a/b, .a).

Number: MAFS.6.NS.1.AP.1a Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 Cluster: Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions. (Major Cluster) : 

Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.

Related Standards

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MAFS.6.NS.1.1: Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, create a story context for (2/3) ÷ (3/4) and use a visual fraction model to show the quotient; use the relationship between multiplication and division to explain that (2/3) ÷ (3/4) = 8/9 because 3/4 of 8/9 is 2/3. (In general, (a/b) ÷ (c/d) = ad/bc.) How much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share 1/2 lb of chocolate equally? How many 3/4-cup servings are in 2/3 of a cup of yogurt? How wide is a rectangular strip of land with length 3/4 mi and area 1/2 square mi?




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