How can understanding the relationship between multiplication and division of whole numbers help us find unknown quantities?

Adaptive Perseverance: Students will persist in solving challenging equations, exploring different strategies to uncover unknown quantities.

Learner’s Mindset: Students will maintain a growth mindset, recognizing the value of mistakes and feedback in understanding mathematical concepts.

Communication: Students will articulate their reasoning and methods for determining unknowns in equations, fostering a community of mathematical discourse.

Responsibility: Students will take responsibility for their learning by practicing problem-solving and by helping peers understand the relationship between multiplication and division.

Global Citizenship: Students will explore how understanding unknown quantities is relevant in various cultural and real-world contexts, highlighting the universal nature of mathematical problem-solving.

Critical Thinking: Students will critically analyze equations to determine the most efficient method for finding unknown quantities, applying their knowledge of the inverse relationship between multiplication and division.

Collaboration: Students will collaborate on problem-solving tasks, sharing strategies for uncovering unknown quantities and learning from one another’s approaches.