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In this lesson, we will learn how to divide a unit fraction and a whole number by using the number line or models and use this to solve real-world problems.
Q1:
A car park that is 1 4 of an acre is to be divided into 9 equally sized areas. Determine the size of each area.
Q2:
Fares bought a dozen pens. He took of them and then divided the remaining pens equally among his two colleagues. What fraction of the dozen did each of his two colleagues receive?
Q3:
Two-thirds of a cake is divided equally into four pieces. The diagram shows this situation. The cake was divided first into three parts to identify two-thirds of the cake and then divided into four to get four pieces from the two-thirds.
How many fractional units are there after these two divisions?
How many units is one piece of cake?
What fraction, in its simplest form, of the cake is that?
Q4:
Karim devoted 1 4 of his day to study, exercise, play a video game, and surf the web. Given that he spent the same amount of time on each of these activities, what fraction of his day did he spend studying?
Q5:
How many quarters of an hour are there in 5 hours?
Q6:
What is 1 4 divided by 3?
Q7:
Half a liter of milk is poured equally into three mugs.
Use the diagram to find the quantity of milk in each mug.
Which of the following number sentences describes this situation?
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