What were they thinking?
Billy Bob, Marybelle, and Bubba
were bragging about their superior
math understanding of division.
They each decided to take division
problems and show how they could
be solved in different ways.
Billy Bob said he could use the place
value blocks to represent 324 divided
by 4.
1. Use the place value blocks to do the
same and prove that you are as
bodacious as Billy Bob.
2. Record a piece of knowledge about
division which this activity points
out.
3. Show me your representation when
you have finished.
Marybelle just loves to decompose numbers to
find easy numbers to use. Marybelle said that
by breaking numbers apart she can mentally
solve the following problems.
369 divided by 3
408 divided by 4
126 divided by 2
132 divided by 12
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Be as marvelous as Marybelle and do the same.
Record each step in your strategy.
Be ready to explain why you chose those steps.
Record a piece of knowledge about division
which this activity points out.
Bubba digs multiplying. He says he can solve any
division problem using multiplication even if it takes
him a few tries before he has the final answer. He
proceeded to show off superior multiplying skills on
the following division problems.
486 divided by 9
161 divided by 7
350 divided by 14
1. Be as brainy as Bubba and do the same.
2. Show each multiplication equation you used.
3. Record a piece of knowledge about division
which this activity points out.