Lesson 39: Division Strategies  

Reflect
Reflect in your math journal. Draw, create or write to share your thinking. See Lesson guide 39 for more reflection questions, real life anchoring ideas, playful explorations and creative invitations.

• When do you think it’s okay to estimate a quotient? When might it be unfair or unhelpful?

• You have 91 apples. You want to split them evenly into 7 baskets. You’re tired, so you round. Estimate the answer. Now, use the distributive property to solve it more exactly.

• What did you learn about breaking things into parts today? What surprised you?

• What does division have to do with fairness? With creativity?

• When we estimate, are we being lazy—or are we using a different kind of intelligence?