Free Grade 3 Dividing Fractions Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Dividing Fractions: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. To divide by a fraction, multiply by its reciprocal: keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, flip the second fraction.
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Learning objectives
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- UnderstandExplain dividing fractions
Explain dividing fractions accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate dividing fractions
Calculate dividing fractions accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare dividing fractions
Compare dividing fractions accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- EvaluateJustify dividing fractions
Justify dividing fractions accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
How Dividing Fractions works
To divide by a fraction, multiply by its reciprocal: keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, flip the second fraction.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.2/6 ÷ 5/7 = ?[1]
- 2.3/7 ÷ 1/5 = ?[1]
- 3.3/9 ÷ 7/7 = ?[1]
- 4.6/9 ÷ 2/2 = ?[1]
- 5.7/8 ÷ 4/5 = ?[2]
- 6.4/4 ÷ 4/4 = ?[2]
- 7.9/9 ÷ 4/5 = ?[2]
- 8.8/8 ÷ 1/2 = ?[2]
- 9.5/8 ÷ 7/9 = ?[3]
- 10.5/5 ÷ 4/5 = ?[3]
- 11.9/9 ÷ 1/4 = ?[3]
- 12.2/2 ÷ 6/9 = ?[3]
Show answers and working
1. 7/15
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 7/5. 2/6 × 7/5 = 14/30. Simplify → 7/15
2. 15/7
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 5/1. 3/7 × 5/1 = 15/7. Simplify → 15/7
3. 1/3
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 7/7. 3/9 × 7/7 = 21/63. Simplify → 1/3
4. 2/3
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 2/2. 6/9 × 2/2 = 12/18. Simplify → 2/3
5. 35/32
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 5/4. 7/8 × 5/4 = 35/32. Simplify → 35/32
6. 1
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 4/4. 4/4 × 4/4 = 16/16. Simplify → 1
7. 5/4
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 5/4. 9/9 × 5/4 = 45/36. Simplify → 5/4
8. 2
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 2/1. 8/8 × 2/1 = 16/8. Simplify → 2
9. 45/56
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 9/7. 5/8 × 9/7 = 45/56. Simplify → 45/56
10. 5/4
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 5/4. 5/5 × 5/4 = 25/20. Simplify → 5/4
11. 4
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 4/1. 9/9 × 4/1 = 36/9. Simplify → 4
12. 3/2
Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 9/6. 2/2 × 9/6 = 18/12. Simplify → 3/2
Worked examples
7/8 ÷ 1/3 = ?
- Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 3/1.
- 7/8 × 3/1 = 21/8.
- Simplify → 21/8
- Answer: 21/8
1/2 ÷ 1/4 = ?
- Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 4/1.
- 1/2 × 4/1 = 4/2.
- Simplify → 2
- Answer: 2
5/8 ÷ 1/2 = ?
- Keep the first fraction, flip the second: 2/1.
- 5/8 × 2/1 = 10/8.
- Simplify → 5/4
- Answer: 5/4
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Common mistakes
What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.
Flips the first fraction instead of the second.
Correction: Keep the first, flip the second.
Expects division to always make numbers smaller.
Correction: Dividing by 1/2 doubles: how many halves fit in 3? Six.
Teacher tips
- · Start with 'how many 1/2s in 3?' using real objects.
Parent tips
- · Ask how many quarter-hours there are in 2 hours.
Real-life applications
- · How many 1/4 kg bags can be filled from 3 kg?
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- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Multiplying Fractions, Subtracting Fractions, Integers. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Fraction of a Quantity, Fractions to Decimals, Decimals to Fractions, Fractions to Percentages, which build directly on this idea.
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