Dividing Mixed Numbers Lesson 26
**Everything must be a FRACTION before multiplying!!! CHANGE (to fraction form) REWRITE (problem with fractions) CROSS REDUCE (always) SOLVE (multiply) CHANGE BACK (to a mixed #) Multiplying Mixed #s Review…
Dividing Mixed Numbers… Reminder: you CAN’T really divide fractions… Steps: 1)CHANGE 2)REWRITE 3)KEEP, CHANGE, FLIP 4)CROSS REDUCE 5)SOLVE 6)*CHANGE BACK …you can only MULTIPLY them. 5 ½ ÷ 3 ¾ 11 ÷ x x
More practice with Dividing Mixed Numbers… Steps: CHANGE REWRITE KEEP, CHANGE, FLIP CROSS REDUCE SOLVE CHANGE BACK 3 ¾ ÷ 1 ¼ 9 ÷ 3 ½
Practice… a) 3 ½ ÷ ¼ b)2 ½ ÷ 4 c)6 ¼ ÷ 2 ½ d)8 ÷ 6 1/3