Grade 6 · The Number System

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.A.1

Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.

Read this standard on the official Common Core site

Lessons that teach this standard

• Dividing Fractions: Keep, Change, Flip — and Why

  How to divide fractions by multiplying by the reciprocal, why flipping the second fraction works, and how to divide with whole numbers and mixed numbers.

• Fraction Word Problems: Choosing the Right Operation

  How to decide whether a fraction word problem needs addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, with the signal words and worked solutions for each.