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Multiplication and Division Problem Solving. Nick Meyer and Kathy Jones, District Elementary Math Coaches. October 26, 2017. O verview. 1. 2. 3. 4. Multiplication and Division. Review the problem-solving cards. Sort the cards by the type of problem they represent.
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Multiplication and Division Problem Solving Nick Meyer and Kathy Jones, District Elementary Math Coaches October 26, 2017
Overview 1 2 3 4
Multiplication and Division • Review the problem-solving cards. • Sort the cards by the type of problem they represent. • Arrange them according to the grid on the next slide.
Structure Number of Groups x Size of Group = Product N x S = P
Division Read Problems A and B. (next slide)Make a math drawing for each problem.Write a number sentence.How are these problems similar and different?
Division Problem B Rick puts 12 tennis balls equally into 3 cans. How many balls will be in each can? Problem A Rick puts 12 tennis balls into cans. Each can has 3 tennis balls. How many cans does Rick use?
Fact Strategies Ms. Booker has 18 stickers in her sticker book. She puts 3 stickers on each page. How many pages will she use?
Fact Strategies If I had 8 boxes of peaches with 6 peaches in each box, how many peaches would I have?
Fact Strategies I have 6 bags of books with 7 books in each bag. How many books do I have?
23 x 18 2 3 x 1 8 1 8 4 + 2 3 0 4 1 4
“Long” Division Bailey’s Bakery donated 596 cupcakes to the school bake sale. They packaged them in groups of 4. How many packages of cupcakes did they donate?
Much larger numbers… Michael has a collection of 1,404 sports cards. He hopes to sell the collection in packs of 36 cards and make $633.75 when all the packs are sold. If each pack is priced the same, how much should Michael charge per pack?
Much smaller numbers… Joanne has 2 ½ oranges. She wants to give 1/3 of an orange to each of her friends on the soccer team. How many of her friends can get 1/3 of an orange? How much of an orange will Joanne have left over?
How can you help? • Ask your student about his/her math drawing. • Where does each quantity appear? • Ask your student about his/her method for multiplying and dividing. • How do they decide to break the numbers into manageable parts?
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