Dividing Mixed NumbersLesson 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 ÷ 15 2 4
11 x 4 2 15
11 x 2 1 15
22 15
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