We are working on Division in math. Earlier this week, I sent home an informational letter explaining the strategies we will be using to solve division problems. In class I am explicitly teaching the steps to solve the problems and the procedure to check with multiplication. The students are having a difficult time because they don’t know all their multiplication math facts and because they want the problems to be easy and one step. In fourth grade it will not be either of these.
Two huge changes in education have occurred. The number fluency required to successfully complete the division is huge and they need to be able to do the division problems in the context of multi-step word problems. Just like the math assessment I sent home today, and other standardized tests, problem solving is the focus.
To help your child, look at the homework helper to see how we are using a place value chart to show a picture of the division. The place value chart shows the students the number of tens and ones in each equal group. All of the students’ work should match the examples in the Homework helper.
Another way to help is to give ask multiplication fact and division fact questions. For example: What number times 8 is 32?
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