standard_description: Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. For example, interpret 3/4 as the result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that 3/4 multiplied by 4 equals 3, and that when 3 wholes are shared equally among 4 people each person has a share of size 3/4. If 9 people want to share a 50-pound sack of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should each person get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?
problem_activity: Problem 1
a.   Here are two tables with expressions. Find the value of each expression. Use a model if it's helpful. Leave the last two rows of each table blank for now.
|        **                 Set A                **         |      **                 Set B                **      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **                      expression                     ** | **                      value                     ** | **                      expression                     ** | **                      value                     ** |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| **                      expression                     ** | **                      value                     ** |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$1\times\frac{1}{8}$$                   |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$2\times\frac{1}{8}$$                   |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$3\times\frac{1}{8}$$                   |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$4\times\frac{1}{8}$$                   |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$5\times\frac{1}{8}$$                   |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$6\times\frac{1}{8}$$                   |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
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| **                      expression                     ** | **                      value                     ** |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$2\times \frac{1}{3}$$                  |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$2\times \frac{1}{4}$$                  |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$2\times \frac{1}{5}$$                  |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$2\times \frac{1}{6}$$                  |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$2\times \frac{1}{7}$$                  |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                  $$2\times \frac{1}{8}$$                  |                                                      |                                                           |                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
b.   Study your completed tables. What patterns do you see in how the expressions and values are related?
c.   In the last two rows of the table of Set A, write
$$\frac{11}{8}$$
and
$$\frac{13}{8}$$
in the "value" column. Write the expressions with that value.
d.   In the last two rows of the table of Set B, write
$$\frac{2}{12}$$
and
$$\frac{2}{15}$$
in the "value" column. Write the expressions with that value.
Problem 2
a.
Draw a model to represent
$$\frac{2}{3}$$
.
Show how you would use or adjust the model above to represent
$$4\times \frac{2}{3}$$
.
Based on your model in Part (ii), what is the value of
$$4\times \frac{2}{3}$$
?
b.   Find the value of each expression below. Draw a model if it would be helpful.
$$2\times \frac{1}{5}$$
$$2\times \frac{3}{5}$$
$$2\times \frac{4}{5}$$
$$6\times \frac{4}{5}$$
c.   Willa said that to multiply a whole number by a fraction, she’d multiply the whole number and the numerator and use the same denominator. Do you agree with Willa? Explain your reasoning.
Problem 3
a.   Find the number that makes each equation true. Draw a model if it is helpful.
| $$\frac{12}{5} = 12\space \times $$                                _____  | $$\frac{12}{5} = 3\space \times $$                                  _____ |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| $$\frac{12}{5} = 6\space \times $$                                  _____ | $$\frac{12}{5} = 2\space \times $$                                  _____ |
| $$\frac{12}{5} = 4\space \times $$                                  _____ | $$\frac{12}{5} = 1\space \times $$                                  _____ |
b.   Here are two sets of numbers:
| **                 Set A                ** |          **                 Set B                **          |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11      | $$\frac17, \frac27,\frac37,\frac47,\frac57,\frac67,\frac77$$ |
Choose a number from Set A and a number from Set B to complete this equation and make it true:
$$\frac67 =$$
_____
$$\times$$
_____
Choose a different number from Set A and a number from Set B to complete the equation to make it true:
$$\frac67 =$$
_____
$$\times$$
_____
c.   Explain or show how you know that the two equations you wrote are both true.


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