First, students will learn a visual method for dividing whole numbers by unit fractions.
Visually dividing whole numbers by unit fractions by Khan Academy
Dividing whole numbers by unit fractions visually by Khan Academy
Next, students will learn the abstract method for dividing whole numbers by unit fractions.
Dividing a whole number by a unit fraction by Khan Academy
Dividing whole numbers by unit fractions by Khan Academy
Next, give your students these challenges:
- Leap Frog by NRICH
- Curve Spotting by NRICH
Conclude by leading this investigation:
Lazy Toads on a Star (algebra, symmetry, algorithm)
by MathPickle
5.NF.B.7: Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.