Provide an appropriate response.A student is asked to perform the following division: 6 ÷ 2
. He starts by writing 6 ÷ 2
= (6 ÷ 2) + (6 ÷ 
). Do you think this method will give the correct answer? If not, how should the student have proceeded?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Possible answer: No, this method is not correct. The first step should be to write 2
as an improper fraction as follows:
6 ÷ 2
= 6 ÷ 
= 6 ? 
= 
= 2
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