Summary
Math Antics shows that a fraction is really the top number divided by the bottom number. A clear, animated 3-minute lesson you can drop straight into a grade 5 math block -- pause-friendly, with worked examples on screen.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A few questions to talk through after watching “Fractions Are Division.”
- How is 3/4 the same as 3 / 4?
- What does the answer to that division look like?
- How does this help you turn fractions into decimals?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: fraction, divide, numerator, denominator, quotient.
Try it: Write three fractions as division problems and find their decimal values.