Modeling Division

12 + 3 = 15

12 ÷ 3 = 4 

12 - 3 = 9

12 × 3 = 36

Jake had 12 feathers to put into 3 boxes. He put the

same number of feathers in each box. Which number

sentence shows how many feathers Jake put in each

box?

Which division sentence is modeled by the same figure?
 32 ÷ 8 = 4

 8 ÷ 4 = 2

 12 ÷ 4 = 3

 24 ÷ 8 = 3

The figure below is a model of 4 × 8 = 32.

There are 24 stars on the class wall. Each student made

2 stars each. How many students made stars? 

 22

 
 12

   2

 48

There are 32 tables in the cafeteria. Each table has the

same amount of chairs. If the students come into the

cafeteria in groups of 8 how many groups can come

into the cafeteria?

 

  40

    4

  26

256

  50 ÷ 5

  50 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 

Eric has 50 pounds of dirt to fill 5 equally sized holes.

Each whole must contain the same amount of dirt.

 

Which method should Eric use to find out how much 

dirt should go in each hole? 

50 × 5

50 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10

3 × 6

3 + 3

6 - 3 - 3

6 - 3 - 3 - 3

James wrote a story problem for a division sentence.

 

Which strategy should James use to solve the number

sentence 6 ÷ 3 = n ?

 

Megan baked a cake in a large rectangular pan. She cut

the cake into 20 pieces as shown below.

  5 - 20

20 - 5

20 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5

20 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 -4

Five people in Megan's family will share this cake

equally. Which method should she use to find the

number of pieces each person will receive?

  7

  6

11

12

Kate bought a dozen eggs to  be used in a cake recipe.

If 1 egg is used per cake and 5 are left in the carton

how many cakes did she make?

Which expression should the teacher use to figure out

how many books each student should get so that each

group receive an equal amount of books with none left

over?

The teacher has 6 reading groups and the following

number of books for the groups to share.

6 ÷ 18

6 ÷ 3

 18 ÷ 6

18 ÷ 3

Which explains how Mike shared the counters

Start with 21 counters and give 3 to each person.

The following figure shows how Mike shared counters

among 3 people.

Start with 21 counters and give 3 to each person 7

    times.

Start with 21 counters and give 7 to each person 7

    times.

Start with 21 counters and give 7 to each person.

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