Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.
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Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Come play with Marty the monkey as he teaches you how to understand the concept of multiplication in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Allie learns to be fair when she shares and she learns more about division in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Educational Game
This website is a game that incorporates algebraic thinking with patterning. It can be used for third or fourth grade students.
Type: Educational Game
Problem-Solving Tasks
Both of the questions are solved by the division problem 12÷3 but what happens to the ribbon is different in each case. The problem can be solved with a drawing of a tape diagram or number line. For problem 1, the line must be divided into 3 equal parts. The second problem can be solved by successive subtraction of 3 feet to see how many times it fits in 12.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The first of these is a multiplication problem involving equal-sized groups. The next two reflect the two related division problems, namely, "How many groups?" and "How many in each group?"
Type: Problem-Solving Task
In this task, the students are not asked to find an answer, but are asked to analyze the problems and explain their thinking. In the process, they are faced with varying ways of thinking about multiplication.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The purpose of this task is for students to solve problems involving the four operations and draw a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
Student Center Activity
Students can practice answering mathematics questions on a variety of topics. With an account, students can save their work and send it to their teacher when complete.
Type: Student Center Activity
Tutorials
Use a picture and understanding of multiplication to solve a division word problem. Watch out for unnecessary information.
Type: Tutorial
In this Khan Academy video tutorial, learn to use arrays and repeated addition to multiply. This is not an introductory video to either concept, to either concept. An array of 8 items is used to show how one array can be represented in multiple ways, using different factors of the whole.
Type: Tutorial
In this Khan Acadmey tutorial video, learn to use arrays to show different groups of objects while relating this to multiplication.
Type: Tutorial
In this Khan Academy tutorial vidoe, learn to use arrays and repeated addition to visualize multiplication.
Type: Tutorial
Virtual Manipulatives
The students will be given mutiplication and division problems which they must answer. They also have the option of being given a number then stating the factors of how that number was attained using either multiplication or division.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
This tool helps students better understand that equality is a relationship and not an operational command to "find the answer." The applet features a pan balance that allows the student to input each half of an equation in the pans, which responds to the numerical expression's value by raising, lowering or balancing.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
Students use repeated addition as a strategy to solve multiplication story problems.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
Students use arrays to understand the meaning of multiplication.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
Parent Resources
Problem-Solving Tasks
Both of the questions are solved by the division problem 12÷3 but what happens to the ribbon is different in each case. The problem can be solved with a drawing of a tape diagram or number line. For problem 1, the line must be divided into 3 equal parts. The second problem can be solved by successive subtraction of 3 feet to see how many times it fits in 12.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The first of these is a multiplication problem involving equal-sized groups. The next two reflect the two related division problems, namely, "How many groups?" and "How many in each group?"
Type: Problem-Solving Task
In this task, the students are not asked to find an answer, but are asked to analyze the problems and explain their thinking. In the process, they are faced with varying ways of thinking about multiplication.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The purpose of this task is for students to solve problems involving the four operations and draw a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
Tutorials
In this Khan Academy video tutorial, learn to use arrays and repeated addition to multiply. This is not an introductory video to either concept, to either concept. An array of 8 items is used to show how one array can be represented in multiple ways, using different factors of the whole.
Type: Tutorial
In this Khan Acadmey tutorial video, learn to use arrays to show different groups of objects while relating this to multiplication.
Type: Tutorial
In this Khan Academy tutorial vidoe, learn to use arrays and repeated addition to visualize multiplication.
Type: Tutorial
Virtual Manipulative
This fun game lets the learners use their multiplication skills to beat the computer. Both the learner and the computer take turns moving one marker at a time. Whoever get 4 in a row first will win the game.
Type: Virtual Manipulative