In this math unit, students start by understanding fact families through multiplication and division, focusing on identifying and creating fact triangles from given facts. The unit progresses to basic division without remainders, introducing practical examples like dividing people into vehicles or cards among players. Students are then exposed to the concept of remainders and move toward more complex tasks involving calculating remainders, both in real-life contexts and abstract numeric problems. As the unit advances, students begin translating division operations between different representations including fractions, word problems, and long division formats, enhancing their understanding and flexibility with division concepts. They also practice solving division problems with missing divisors and identifying factor pairs, which are essential for deeper comprehension of division and multiplication relationships. Toward the latter part of the unit, the focus shifts to application-based problems where students use division in scenarios involving skip counting and converting practical situations to division expressions, both regular and long division. This helps in applying division skills in everyday contexts. The unit culminates with specific tasks aimed at honing division by a particular number, reinforcing computational fluency and the application of division concepts across various types and formats of mathematical problems.Skills you will learn include:
Topics are small, focused areas which build towards the greater unit's goals.