Mnemonic Device:

• No Dirty Dogs!

Explanation: To remember which number is the Numerator or the Denominator when working with fractions.

• Numerator Divided (by) Denominator when reading or converting fractions.

Additional Notes:

• 3/53 divided by 5 = 0.6
  • Hint: the decimal six-tenths is equivalent to three-fifths.
• Students tend to divide the LARGER # by the SMALLER number and commonly miss these types of items.
• Also, I teach my students to automatically “annex 0’s” by writing the understood decimal, placing it on the quotient bar directly above and then annexing at least two zeros.