Grades 3-6

Tasks Partial Products Dream Box – Multiplication Arrays

Number Talks Partial Quotients Quotient Cafe

Use Base Ten Blocks to Multiply 12 x 13

Practice with the following:8 x 15 14 x 23 684 x 5

http://www.dreambox.com/ Click Resources Click Teacher Tools (on left) 4th grade Multiplication and Division:

Multiplication Open Arrays – View Teacher Tool

2 x 15

3 x 156 x 15

6 x 1012 x 15

Use the base ten blocks: If the flat is equal to 1, what is the long and the unit worth? Why?

What would 3 x 0.4 look like? Why?

3 x 0.4 or 3 sets of 4 longs or 3 groups of 0.4

4.8 times 32.1 x 5.40.6 x 1.9

2/5 x 2/3

1/2 x 3/4

84 ÷ 7

What does it mean to divide?

•Use base ten blocks to find the solution•Draw a picture

136 ÷ 8

What does it mean to divide?•Use base ten blocks to find the solution•Draw a picture•Use partial products

Now Try 279 ÷ 6

279 ÷ 6

46 R 3

Create a poster showing at least two different division algorithms for

8,610 ÷ 7

Partial Quotients – Pages 9, 14 Stacking Algorithm – Pages 10, 135 Short Division – Pages 8, 13, 16

Google NCTM Quotient Café◦ http://illuminations.nctm.org/activity.aspx?id=41

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Create yourself a creative digital (or by hand) “cheat sheet” to place on your desk or classroom wall summarizing what you plan to use with students about what you learned today. Be prepared to share.