Unit 4, Lesson 10
Different Partial Quotients
Grade 5
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In the previous lesson, students found quotients in a way that makes sense to them. In this lesson, students consider notation to record a partial-quotients strategy, which they have used with one-digit divisors in a prior grade. Students use the notation to record how dividends can be decomposed in different ways to make different partial quotients. Students consider more efficient ways to make partial quotients based on place-value understanding and calculations they are able to do mentally.
- Action and Expression
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- Determine how to decompose the quotient that results from dividing a three-digit number by a two-digit number into smaller quotients.
- Identify and interpret (orally) expressions that show partial quotients for dividing a three-digit number by a two-digit number.
- Let’s use what we know about multiplication and place value to find quotients.
Required Preparation
- Create a set of cards from the blackline master for each group of 2 students.
Teacher Reflection Questions
Reflect on how comfortable your students are asking questions of you and of each other. What can you do to encourage students to ask questions?