Five pages of story problems that multiply and divide within 100. Page 1 is equal groups: the first two stories show the bags and boxes, and in the others students draw the groups, then write a multiplication sentence such as 4 × 5 = 20. Page 2 is arrays: read rows of cupcakes and stickers, then draw arrays of carrots and oranges. Page 3 divides: some stories share things out equally (how many in each group?) and some make groups of a size (how many groups?); students draw the groups and write a division sentence. On page 4 the unknown moves: students draw a bar model and write an equation with a ? for the product, the number in each group or the number of groups, such as 4 × ? = 36. Page 5 has six measurement stories with centimeters, liters, kilograms and dollars, where students choose whether to multiply or divide and write the sign themselves. Every page starts with a worked example.
Act out a story from page 3 with counters before anyone writes: deal 12 counters to 3 students one at a time, then make bags of 3 from another 12. Ask what was the same and what was different, and which number the answer tells. On page 4, ask two students to write different equations for the same story (4 × ? = 36 and 36 ÷ 4 = ?) and talk about why both are right.
Make up stories at the table: 3 plates with 4 grapes each, 20 crackers shared by 4 people, 18 socks put in pairs. Ask your child to say the multiplication or division sentence first, then solve it. Turn one around: if we know there are 24 in all and 4 plates, how many on each plate?
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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Story problems that multiply and divide within 100, with equal groups, arrays and measurements. Students draw groups and arrays, write multiplication and division sentences, use a question mark for the unknown number and solve stories about lengths, liters, kilograms and dollars.
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