One of the challenges in learning fractions is understanding how and why a fraction can have multiple interpretations. As presented in one textbook, a fraction is "a symbol, such as 2/3, 5/1, or 8/5, used to name a part of a whole, a part of a set, a location on a number line, or a division of whole numbers" (Charles et al. 2012, p. 475). How can a fraction take so many forms? In particular, why is a fraction also a division of whole numbers (e.g., 13/7 = 13 ÷ 7)? In this article, the authors will present examples of classroom lessons that support children in developing conceptual understanding of the division interpretation of a fraction by building on children's knowledge of whole-number division. Children demonstrate conceptual understanding by: (1) using the partitive interpretation of division to construct a definition for the division of any two whole numbers; and (2) using established definitions and observations to show why the fraction m/n equals the division m ÷ n. A bibliography is included.