In Math workshop, students are looking at math story problems that involve division! Students quickly realized that division and multiplication story problems are related. In multiplication, you know the number of groups and how much is in each group, you are just trying to find the product. In division problems, you know the total and you are either sharing or finding how many groups.
The anchor charts below show a variety of different strategies for solving division problems. The students are making incredible connections and their division work is progressing daily!
Students answer the following question:
Mrs. Shaffer has 18 pencils. She wants to share them with herself and two friends. How many pencils will each person get?
Leave us your answer in a comment below. Don't forget to include your first name only! :)
Answer is 6 - by Kabir
ReplyDeleteSophia E. says the answer is 6.
ReplyDeleteKaelyn - 6 pencils (6+6+6=18)
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