The Power of Groups: Operations and Algebraic Thinking · Algebraic Thinking

Division as Fair Sharing

Understanding division as the process of partitioning a total into equal shares or groups.

Key Questions

  1. 1How are the concepts of sharing and grouping related in division?
  2. 2What happens to the size of a group as the number of groups increases?
  3. 3How can we use a multiplication fact to solve an unknown division problem?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.2CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.3
Grade: 3rd Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: The Power of Groups: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Period: Algebraic Thinking

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