Sunday, 5 April 2015

Dividing Proper Fraction by Whole Number: Invert & Multiply

Dear children,

We've learnt how how to divide a proper fraction by a whole number today. This is similar to the idea of (i) sharing something equally
(ii) finding a fractional part of a fraction

How can we divide 9 seventeenths into 3 equal parts?










Let's watch the following videos to help us remember the 'Invert & Multiply' method (also known as 'Keep, Change, Flip').



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