Teaching Point: Students

will be able to solve division

problems by relating them
to multiplication facts.

Relating
Multiplication
and Division

Prior Knowledge
9
+5

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Fact Family:
Fact families are 3 numbers that
are related, just as the people in a
family are related. Those numbers
can be combined to create a number
of equations.

What does it mean to divide?

Division is splitting into equal parts or groups.

It is the result of "fair sharing".
____ ____ =
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12 chocolates
Vocabulary:

12 chocolates divided into 3 groups

Inverse operation: Opposite operations that have opposite effects, such as

addition and subtraction, or multiplication and division.
Commutative property: Refers to moving stuff around. Example 35=15
53=15

Example A
Nicole has 24 beads. She is making 4 bracelets, all with the same
number of beads. How many beads should each bracelet have?
What are the
facts?
Nicole has
24 beads,
she is
making 4
bracelets.

What are they

asking us?

What do we know?
(Fact Family)

How many beads

Inverse operation 4
should each
4 ____ = 24
bracelet have?
24
____ 4 = 24
Think of the multiples
of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20,
24

How could we
solve the
problem?
Think about
sharing. Put 24
beads into 4
equal groups.

Example A
Nicole has 24 beads. She is making 4 bracelets, all with the same
number of beads. How many beads should each bracelet have?
What are the
facts?
Nicole has 24
beads, she is
making 4
bracelets.

What are they

asking us?
How many
beads should
each bracelet
have?

What to write:

What do we
know?
(Fact Family)
Think of the
multiples of 4:
4, 8, 12, 16, 20,
24
4 6 = 24

How could we
solve the
problem?
Think about
sharing. Put 24
beads into 4
equal groups.

Relating Multiplication and

Division
Multiplication

and division are related,

just like addition and subtraction are
related.

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The inverse operation of multiplication is division.

Frozen Fact Family

Step 1: Use a triangle for a cone.
Step 2: Use 4 circles for the scoop of ice cream.
Step 3: Paste them onto the white paper.
Step 4: Think of a multiplication equation (number
sentence)
ex: 7 5 = 35 5 7 = 35
Think of any two numbers under 12 and multiply them.

35

Practice and share

Are

you ready for a challenge?

1) Play the roll a dice game
2) iPad play fact family game
Time to share your work!
How did you discover which fact fit into
the family? What strategies did you use?