Generalizations 9.8 Boys by Debbie Stewart

Ted

2019-03-29 13:22:08 UTC

Randy thinks that if you change your numbers around when you divide it is the same answer. It isn't though.

luke it goes like 4 divided by 1/3 =12 then it flips the factors so its 1/3 divided by 4=1

2019-03-29 13:22:26 UTC

im noticing there flipping the factors so for the product its just gonna be what you wrote the first time except your gonna put a 1/ in front of it. So say its 15 divided by 1/5 do 15 times 5 and you would get 75 so its 75 for the first one and the second one is 1/75 its using the associative property.

Cole

2019-03-29 13:22:27 UTC

I can see that when Sue divided it was always a whole number and when Randy divided it was a fraction. That means whenever you divide a fraction by a whole number you get another fraction and when you divide a whole number by a fraction you get a whole number. Randy's equations are the exact opposite of Sue's but the answers are fractions instead of whole numbers.

Dominic

2019-03-29 13:23:06 UTC

Sue's equations are whole numbers and Randy's are fractions. In Sue's your multiplying the whole by the denominator. in Randy's your doing the same thing but its one over the whole.

Joseph Mullen

2019-03-29 13:23:09 UTC

When Sue divided she had the whole number as the first number so when she divided she got whole numbers Example: 4 divided by 1/3 so when Sue divides she will get a number greater then one because she had the fraction as the second number the answer will be how many times the fraction can go into the whole number which is more than once so the answer is greater then 1 is the opposite for Randys

nathan sellers

2019-03-29 13:23:15 UTC

i see that sue did a whole number divided by a fraction and randy did a fraction divided by a whole number

Cameron Beresh

2019-03-29 13:23:17 UTC

Sue's divisor was always a unit fraction, making the dividend a whole number. that means her quotient will always be a whole number. Randy's divisor is always a whole number and his dividend a unit fraction, making the quotient a unit fraction.

Braden

2019-03-29 13:23:30 UTC

Sues numbers always had the whole number first, due to this her quotient is always going to be a whole number. Randy's equations always has the fraction first so his quotient will always be a fraction.

CHRISTOPHER W.

2019-03-29 13:23:48 UTC

When you divide a fraction by a whole number, the quotient will always be less than 1. When you divide a whole number by a fraction, the quotient will always be more than 1.

Christopher Ortt

2019-03-29 13:23:57 UTC

Randy is just using the opposite equation of Sue and having them be a fraction not a whole number.

CARTER

2019-03-29 13:24:07 UTC

sue has it as whole times a fraction and randy has it flipped around and when that happens you will get a unit fraction instead of a whole number.

Zach

2019-03-29 13:24:37 UTC

Jacob Crosby

2019-03-29 13:28:14 UTC

A generisation is sues answer is randys answer denominat

2019-03-29 13:31:45 UTC

Ted Ted Randy thinks that if you change your numbers around when you divide it is the same answer. It isn't though. more_vert Dominic Dominic Sue's equations are whole numbers and Randy's are fractions. In Sue's your multiplying the whole by the denominator. in Randy's your doing the same thing but its one over the whole. more_vert CARTER CARTER sue has it as whole times a fraction and randy has it flipped around and when that happens you will get a unit fraction instead of a whole number. more_vert Joseph Mullen Joseph Mullen When Sue divided she had the whole number as the first number so when she divided she got whole numbers Example: 4 divided by 1/3 so when Sue divides she will get a number greater then one because she had the fraction as the second number the answer will be how many times the fraction can go into the whole number which is more than once so the answer is greater then 1 is the opposite for Randys more_vert Jacob Crosby Jacob Crosby A generisation is sues answer is randys answer denominat more_vert Zach Zach more_vert Christopher Ortt Christopher Ortt Randy is just using the opposite equation of Sue and having them be a fraction not a whole number. more_vert Braden Braden Sues numbers always had the whole number first, due to this her quotient is always going to be a whole number. Randy's equations always has the fraction first so his quotient will always be a fraction. more_vert luke it goes like 4 divided by 1/3 =12 then it flips the factors so its 1/3 divided by 4=1 luke it goes like 4 divided by 1/3 =12 then it flips the factors so its 1/3 divided by 4=1 im noticing there flipping the factors so for the product its just gonna be what you wrote the first time except your gonna put a 1/ in front of it. So say its 15 divided by 1/5 do 15 times 5 and you would get 75 so its 75 for the first one and the second one is 1/75 its using the associative property. more_v