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Mad-th Troll Adventures

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

3.8 Stars

TEACHERS (22)

3.5

STUDENTS (7883)

4.0

LENGTH

13 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Help Chief feed his beloved Trolls by dividing up his gem bag! In this fun, instructional game, you will learn how to divide wholes by unit fractions.

Vocabulary Words

dividend

divisor

quotient

numerator

denominator

whole number

reciprocal

unit fraction

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Divide Whole Numbers By Unit Fractions. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Reason that since there are b portions of 1/b in 1 then there must be a x b in a.

See that dividing a whole number by a unit fraction is determining how many of that unit fraction is in the whole number.

Use factor families to show that a / 1/b = c so c x 1/b = a.

Use visual fraction models to divide whole numbers by unit fractions.

Divide whole numbers by unit fractions without visuals.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What does the numerator represent in a fraction? What does the denominator represent? When the top of a fraction equals the bottom of a fraction, what is the result equal to?

After the Game

What did you learn about fractions? During the game you had to multiply fractions - when multiplying fractions which part of each fraction do you multiply? When dividing fractions, what do you need to do to the parts of the fractions?