Introducing Fractions: More Uses of Fractions
This clip explores additional uses of fractions, such as expressing parts of a whole, representing division, and replacing remainders.
Dividing Decimal Fractions: Dividing Decimals: Four Different Outcomes
This clip presents four different outcomes that may occur when dividing decimals: The first possibility is that the division comes out even "just as it stands, with no remainder." The second possibility is that the division comes out even only after...
Dividing Whole Numbers, Part 2: Problem Involving Bottles of Soda, A
This clip presents a division problem which is solved with the use of partial quotients, and whose answer is checked through multiplication.
Dividing Decimal Fractions: Figuring to a Given Number of Decimal Places
This clip explains how to approach division of decimals when accuracy is expected to a given number of decimal places. "However many decimal places you want," the clip states, "
if rounding off is required, you must figure out one more and then rou...
Dividing Whole Numbers, Part 1: Summary: Dividing Whole Numbers, Part One
This clip summarizes the key points in Part 1 of Dividing Whole Numbers, including the introduction of the terms dividend, divisor and quotient. It then explains that division was introduced in two different ways: as a shortcut for repeated subtract...
Dividing Whole Numbers, Part 2: Plain Arithmetic Problem, A
This clip presents a basic arithmetic problem which is solved through the use of "educated guesses" and partial quotients.
Dividing Whole Numbers, Part 2: Division Shortcut, A
This clip explains that, "
if you are dividing by a number less than 10, you may have learned to do all the work in your head." It then demonstrates the steps that one would go through in dividing 208 by 8.
Dividing Whole Numbers, Part 1: Remainders
This clip explains when remainders are used, noting that they are unnecessary once fractions are learned.
Adding Fractions With the Same Denominator: Changing Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers
This clip explains the procedure of changing improper fractions to mixed numbers. It also provides a shortcut for this operation: dividing the numerator of the improper fraction by the denominator.