Oranges, Posters, Ribbons, and Lemonade: Concrete Computational Strategies for Dividing Fractions

This article describes how sixth-grade students developed concrete models to solve division of fractions story problems. Students developed separate two-step procedures to solve measurement and partitive problems, drawing on invented procedures for division of whole numbers. Errors also tended to be...

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Published in:Mathematics teaching in the middle school 2008-04, Vol.13 (8), p.453-457
Main Author: Kribs-Zaleta, Christopher M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arithmetic
Computation
Division
Fractions
Grade 6
Mathematical Applications
Mathematical Models
Mathematical problems
Mathematics education
Mathematics Instruction
Mathematics teachers
Measurement Techniques
Middle School Students
Middle schools
Multiplication & division
Problem Solving
Remainders
Ribbons
Teaching methods
Whole numbers
Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Summary:This article describes how sixth-grade students developed concrete models to solve division of fractions story problems. Students developed separate two-step procedures to solve measurement and partitive problems, drawing on invented procedures for division of whole numbers. Errors also tended to be specific to the type of division problem involved. (Contains 5 figures.)
ISSN:1072-0839
2328-5486
DOI:10.5951/MTMS.13.8.0453