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Features

  • Six questions on what the dividing whole numbers unit builds on
  • Divide tens, hundreds and thousands by a 1-digit number
  • Estimate a quotient with numbers that divide easily
  • Multiply a 2-digit number by a digit and by its tens
  • Subtract in columns
  • Long division with a 1-digit divisor and a remainder
  • Solve a remainder story
  • A Score line, to sort the class before the unit
  • Answer key names the lesson each question leads into

Skills Covered

  • Divide tens, hundreds and thousands
  • Estimate with numbers that divide easily
  • Multiply by a digit and its tens
  • Subtract in columns
  • Long division with a 1-digit divisor
  • A remainder story

How to Use This Pack

One page to give on the first day of the unit on dividing whole numbers, before any teaching. Its six questions are on the 4th grade skills the unit builds on: dividing tens, hundreds and thousands with a fact, estimating a quotient, multiplying a 2-digit number by a digit and by its tens (the products tried in 2-digit division), subtracting, long division with a 1-digit divisor, and a remainder story. It has a Score line, and the key names the lesson each question leads into. The unit review and the unit test are packs of their own.

In the Classroom

Give the pre-check on the first day and sort the class by what they missed: a student who misses the long division needs a day with 1-digit divisors before the 2-digit ones, and one who misses the multiplying or the subtracting needs that practice beside the unit, since every step of long division leans on both. Nothing on the page divides by a 2-digit number yet, so a low score is no surprise; it shows where to start.

At Home

Use it to see what your child needs before the unit starts: practice the division facts and long division with 1-digit divisors a few minutes a day.

Tips for Success

  • Give it before the first lesson, not after
  • Read the score as a starting point, not a grade
  • Keep a multiplication chart out for a student who is slow on the facts
  • The key names the lesson each question leads into

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • 4.OA.A.3 Solve multi-step story problems with whole numbers and all four operations, deciding what remainders mean, writing equations with a letter, and checking by estimating.
  • 4.NBT.B.4 Add and subtract whole numbers with many digits fluently, using the standard written method with regrouping.
  • 4.NBT.B.6 Divide numbers up to 9,999 by one-digit numbers, finding quotients and remainders with place-value strategies shown in equations, arrays or area models.
  • 5.NBT.B.5 Multiply whole numbers with many digits fluently, using the standard written method.
  • 5.NBT.B.6 Divide numbers up to 9,999 by two-digit numbers to find whole-number quotients, with place-value strategies shown in equations, arrays or area models.

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5th Grade Dividing Whole Numbers Pre-Check

5th Grade

A check to give before the unit on dividing whole numbers, on the 4th grade skills it builds on. Students divide tens, hundreds and thousands, estimate, multiply, subtract, do long division with a 1-digit divisor and solve a remainder story.

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What’s Included

  • A one-page pre-check (6 questions) with a Score line
  • An answer key that names each question's lesson and skill (2 pages in all)
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