Grade 5 · Math · Lesson 7

Division Models and Facts Fluency

Division splits a total into equal groups. When you see 12 / 4, you can picture 12 cookies shared onto 4 plates with 3 each, an array with 4 rows and 3 columns, or 12 with four 5s subtracted away. All three pictures give the same quotient: 3.

What this lesson teaches

1Represent division as equal sharing, an array, or repeated subtraction
2Match a division model to its matching equation and quotient
3Recall basic division facts up through 144 divided by 12 with fluency
4Identify the dividend, divisor, and quotient in a division equation

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