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The equation 56÷7=? can be restated as 7×?=56 to determine the quotient is 8.Clarifications
Clarification 1: Multiplication is limited to factors within 12 and related division facts.Clarification 2: Within this benchmark, the symbolic representation of the missing factor uses any symbol or a letter.
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STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity
Students will get to evaluate data and create a process for which bey blade would be the "best" for Mr. Brown's toy store. Data will include customer feedback, price, style and revolutions per minute. Students will apply understanding of division in problem-solving. They will write a letter explaining their procedure using grade-appropriate language conventions.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.
MFAS Formative Assessments
Students are told of a visiting alien from a planet where division is not taught, and asked to rewrite four division problems as multiplication problems so the alien can do them. The students are also asked to explain why it might be easier to do the multiplication problems than the given division problem.
Students consider a division fact that they are likely to know and are asked to turn it into a multiplication fact. If successful, they are asked to rewrite a basic division fact that they are not likely to know and which has a symbol for the unknown number.
Students are given a word problem and asked to write an equation for the problem. Then the students are to select a multiplication equation that can also be used to solve the problem.
Students are asked to solve a division problem using a calculator but without using the division key.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades K-5
Explore how multiplication can help you solve division problems during this moon-themed, interactive tutorial.
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Explore how multiplication can help you solve division problems during this moon-themed, interactive tutorial.
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