Question P6 Dividing fractions
There are 2 L of juice. Each cup holds L. How many full cups can be filled?
Answer
10 cups
Share a fraction equally, or count how many small portions fit.
In this one. Count how many cup-sized portions fit. Dividing by a fraction smaller than one can give a larger number.
A total amount split into fraction-sized cups or pieces, asking how many fit, points here. A single fraction shared equally among several parts does too.
Children expect dividing to make the answer smaller, so a bigger result than the starting amount looks wrong to them and they flip the calculation.
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