Lesson 6

Paper-and-Pencil Division

Est. Class Sessions: 2–3

Daily Practice and Problems

Teacher Notes
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TIMS Task

Refer students to the Division Strategies Menu in the Student Guide Reference section.

  1. 25
  2. 83 R2
  3. 41 R1
  4. 55 R1
  5. 710 R4
  6. 1000 R2
  7. Possible response: 240 ÷ 6 = 40 so 41 R1 is reasonable.
  8. Possible response for Question 1: There are 3 quarters in 75¢, so 75¢ ÷ 3 = 25¢.
    Possible response for Question 6: 7000 ÷ 7 = 1000 with a remainder of 2.

N. Division Practice

Use paper and pencil or mental math to compute the following. Estimate to see if your answers are reasonable.

  1. 75 ÷ 3 =
  2. 417 ÷ 5 =
  3. 247 ÷ 6 =
  4. 496 ÷ 9 =
  5. 5684 ÷ 8 =
  6. 7002 ÷ 7 =
  1. Explain how you know your answer to Question 3 is reasonable.
  2. Choose a problem and explain how you can solve it using mental math.