Grade 6 Lesson plan
Vayle Plant's Feed Jugs: Dividing Fractions of a Gallon
A grade 6 lesson in a treatment plant's chemical room: students divide fractions and mixed numbers to find how long a jug of solution lasts at a set feed rate.
Common Core Math · Grade 6
6.NS.A.1 Divide fractions by fractions
Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.
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Students divide a fractional gallon of chlorine solution by a fractional dose size to find how many treatments it provides, using a visual fraction model to check the answer. Dividing fraction by fraction here is a direct rehearsal for the dosage math operators perform on the job.
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3 materials aligned to 6.NS.A.1
Lesson plans
Worksheets
Grade 6 Worksheet
Feltingham's Biosolids Load: Dividing Fractions on the Farm
A grade 6 worksheet where students divide mixed numbers and fractions to find how many acres a biosolids truckload covers and how many loads a farm needs.
Math problem sets
Grade 6 Math problem set
Pikewell Farm's Shallow Well: Dividing Fractions
A grade 6 problem set where students divide fractions and mixed numbers to plan watering from a shallow farm well that refills three quarters of a foot per hour.