Your turn — Regroup into wholes

Write each improper fraction as a mixed number or whole number.

Predict first. Then use the rods to model and check your answer.

Choose a suitable rod to represent one whole, build the numerator using unit-fraction parts, then replace each complete group with a whole.

1. 5⁄2
2. 7⁄3
3. 7⁄4
4. 8⁄2
5. 9⁄4
6. 11⁄5

For at least two examples, record what the rods show using colour letters as well as numbers.

Be ready to explain: what does the quotient represent? What does the remainder represent?