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Developing a Conceptual Understanding of Fractions

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Dividing Fractions Using a Number Line

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These number lines show that 1 ½ divided by ¼=6.The dividend is 1 ½. The divisor is ¼. The quotient is 6.

Reprinted with the permission of Richard E. Rand, author of Visual Fractions.