Dividing Fractions Progression and Practice

In this activity the idea is that to help students develop tools for fraction division and eventually get to the fraction division algorithm conceptually. One way to do that without just telling them the rules is to use a progression of successively more and more complex problems. In this activity, the problems become more and more complex with practice along the way and then finishes with a Challenge Creator so students can create their own fraction division problem. This is intended to be a mix of investigation, consolidation and practice and likely won't be done in a single period. Your students are encouraged to use one of these apps to manipulate their own digital fraction strips https://mathclips.ca/swfPlayer.html?swfURL=tools/FractionStrips1.swf&title=Fraction%20Strips&swfURL=tools/FractionStrips1.swf&title=Fraction%20Strips https://mathigon.org/polypad and choose Fractions from the left hand menu The fraction template used in the Challenge Creator was borrowed from this activity from Jennifer Vadnais https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/57d767ad1affb4830c6cfa66 French version translated by Pascale Gallacher: https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5ebe9cf6dda43c0d020a6069

By Jayne Breton