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Miner Divider

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

3.7 Stars

TEACHERS (25)

3.9

STUDENTS (4877)

3.5

LENGTH

16 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

The Mathlings need help to get to work so that they can uncover many wonderful gems and amazing ambers. In this game by Zapzapmath, students will interpret whole-number quotients!

Vocabulary Words

divide

divisor

dividend

quotient

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Understanding Whole Number Division. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Interpret quotients as a number of objects in each share.

Interpret quotients as a number of equal shares.

Interpret models as division expressions (Pictorial representation of 15 shapes being divided into 3 equal groups of 5 as 15 / 3 = 5).

Split quantities into equal groups (whole number quotients only).

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

In this game you will be dividing workers into cars to get them to work - when dividing should your workers be in equal or unequal groups and why? How is 24 divided by 3 similar to 8x3? How can you divide 20 cookies between 5 friends?

After the Game

How can you use multiplication to help you divide? How did the game show the division problem for splitting 50 workers into 2 cars? How many workers would be in each car if you had 8 workers and 8 cars? What does this tell you about dividing a number by itself?