LESSON 4 Making Teams

Making Equal Teams of Students

Richard, Emily, Mark, Rosa, Jason, and Mara are students in Mrs. Hunter's class. Their teacher asked them to form teams of two.

1. There are 18 students in Mrs. Hunter's class. Mark wrote the number sentence below to show how his class is grouped in teams of two. What do the numbers in his number sentence represent?

   9 × 2 = 18

2. Group the 18 students in Mrs. Hunter's class in teams of three. Write a number sentence to show how the students are grouped into equal teams.
3. Group the 18 students in Mrs. Hunter's class in teams of four. Write a number sentence to show how the students are grouped into equal teams.
4. What is different about the teams of three students and the teams of four students in Mrs. Hunter's class?
5. How did you show leftover students in your number sentence?
6. Mrs. Hunter wants more students on each team, but she does not want any leftovers. Choose a different number of team members. Write a number sentence to show how the students are grouped into teams.
7. Mrs. Hunter decides that the teams are too big and allows students to be left over. Choose a different number of team members. Write a number sentence to show how the students are grouped into equal teams with some leftover students.