Divide Fractions by Integers 1 Year 6 Fractions Learning Video Clip
Step 12: Divide Fractions by Integers 1 Year 6 Fractions Learning Video Clip
Roman, Rae and Trig enter a new outdoor area in Dr S Cape’s escape room. They are moving ever closer to the end, but the challenges they are facing are getting even more difficult. They must solve problems that have been hidden all over the new area of the escape room, some even on Dr S Cape’s tablet!
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Discussion points for teachers
1. Help Roman, Rae and Trig solve the problem.
Discuss the strategies needed to solve the problem. Discuss what the calculation is asking and which operation is needed.
2. Help Roman, Rae and Trig match the calculations that have the same answer.
Discuss the strategies needed to solve the problem. Discuss any patterns that can be found to help match the calculations with the same answer.
and 
3. Dr S. Cape has set an extra challenge. There is one division calculation missing that also has the answer 1/9. What could this calculation be? Find two possible answers.
Discuss strategies for calculating the answers. Discuss the patterns spotted in the previous question. This question is open-ended for the children to explore.
Various answers, for example: 
and 
4. Help Roman, Rae and Trig complete the calculation.
Discuss the calculation and what needs to done. Discuss strategies for calculating the answer. Discuss how the bar models can be used to help calculate the answer.
5. Help Roman, Rae and Trig calculate the answer to the problem.
Discuss what the calculation is asking. Discuss what operation is needed. Discuss how the fraction can be changed into minutes after being solved.
= 50 minutes per room.
6. What mistake has Roman made?
Discuss how you have calculated the answers to other problems and what strategies you have used. Discuss whether Roman’s idea gives the same answer.
Roman is incorrect because you need to divide the numerator by the whole number when it is a direct multiple.
National Curriculum Objectives
Mathematics Year 6: (6F2) Use common factors to simplify fractions; use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination
Mathematics Year 6: (6F5b) Divide proper fractions by whole numbers [for example, 1/3 ÷ 2 = 1/6 ]
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