14 and 15 have no common factor greater than 1, so 14/15 is in its simplest form
Answer: 14/15
For parents
How do you answer P5 division as a fraction questions?
This page teaches the first Primary 5 outcome on fraction and division: dividing a whole number by a whole number, with the quotient written as a fraction.
What your child learns here
This page teaches the first Primary 5 outcome on fraction and division: dividing a whole number by a whole number, with the quotient written as a fraction. It covers sharing fewer things than people and more things than people.
A division can be written as a fraction: 2 ÷ 5 = 2/5.
The number being shared is the numerator; the number of shares is the denominator.
Sharing fewer things than people gives a proper fraction, less than one whole each.
Sharing more things than people gives an improper fraction, which is then written as a mixed number.
In measurement questions the answer is a length or mass with its unit, not a fraction of the object.
Does the answer make sense?
When the question asks for one share, your child's answer must be less than one whole if there are fewer things than people, and more than one whole if there are more things than people. So 7 cakes among 3 children must give between 2 and 3 cakes each.
How to practise these questions
Basic questions train writing a division as a fraction, deciding which number goes on top, and turning an improper answer into a mixed number. Intermediate questions add measures shared equally and then simplified within their unit. Challenge questions compare two sharings over a common denominator, ask about only the part beyond one whole, or make your child count the sharers before dividing. When the fraction comes out upside down, watch that question's solution film, then try it again later from Revision. Multiple-choice Basic questions ask which of four fractions, decimals, mixed numbers or divisions is NOT equal to a given division; the written working converts every option, and there is no film.
Questions parents ask
Is 3 ÷ 4 the same as three quarters? Yes. Sharing 3 wholes equally among 4 gives three quarters each, so 3 ÷ 4 = 3/4.
Where is this in the Primary 5 syllabus? It is the first outcome under Fraction and Division: dividing a whole number by a whole number with quotient as a fraction.
Should the answer be a mixed number? If the fraction is improper, it is usually written as a mixed number in simplest form, unless the question asks otherwise. For example, 9 ÷ 4 = 9/4 = 2 1/4.
