Whole Number Division
4th Grade Math Resources for families
The Progression of Division
The Progression of Division
Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Represent the quotient of up to a four-digit whole number divided by a one-digit whole number using arrays, area models, or equations
Divide up to a four-digit dividend by a one-digit divisor
Solve one- and two-step problems involving division, including interpreting remainders
Represent the quotient of up to a four-digit whole number divided by a one-digit whole number using arrays, area models, or equations
Represent the quotient of up to a four-digit whole number divided by a one-digit whole number using arrays, area models, or equations
- Provide your child with many opportunities to interpret remainders. For example, give scenarios such as the following: Arielle wants to buy juice boxes for her classmates. The juice boxes come in packages of 6. If there are 19 students in Arielle’s class, how many packages of juice boxes will she need to buy? (4) Will there be any juice boxes left? (Yes) How many? (5)
How-To: Divide with arrays
División con arreglos
Array
How-To: Area Models
Modelos de área
Divide up to a four-digit dividend by a one-digit divisor; Solve problems involving division, including interpreting remainders
Divide up to a four-digit dividend by a one-digit divisor; Solve problems involving division, including interpreting remainders
- Provide your child with many opportunities to interpret remainders. For example, give scenarios such as the following: Arielle wants to buy juice boxes for her classmates. The juice boxes come in packages of 6. If there are 19 students in Arielle’s class, how many packages of juice boxes will she need to buy? (4) Will there be any juice boxes left? (Yes) How many? (5)
- Discuss with your child times when you might use division in everyday life. For example, you have $20 to spend on bagels. If each bagel costs $3, how many bagels can you buy? (6) Or, you have 37 orange slices to give to 8 soccer teammates. You want to give each of them 5 orange slices. Do you have enough? (No. You would need 40.)
How-To: Partial Quotients
Partial Quotients
Whole Number Division
Division with Remainders
Practice: Division with Remainders
Practice: Interpreting Remainders
Practice: 2-Step Word Problems
Multiplication/Division Fact Practice
