Better Lesson: Mastering Division

Dividing large numbers can be a long and frustrating process for young mathematicians, but after completing these skills practice worksheets they'll be masters of long division.

There is no better way to present a math problem than within the context of a story. Sal explains how he divides a fraction to solve a word problem where he must determine how many shirts can be made with 48 yards of fabric. Problems...

Students divide decimal quantities and apply this knowledge to real world situations.

What do you get when you divide 6 by 2/3? How can you connect this problem to multiplication? Students continue to make connections between multiplication and division and work to develop strategies for dividing whole numbers by fractions.

Sixth graders model division using whole numbers and fractions and divide whole numbers and fractions using the standard algorithm.

What do you get when you divide 1/4 by 1/2? What does your answer actually mean? Students continue building their skills and strategies in order to divide fractions by fractions.

This lesson plan completes the conceptual understanding of dividing with fractions by using it with real life problems.

Developing a concrete and conceptual way to divide fractions helps students understand the "why" part of the process.

Practice makes perfect and in this activity students will be practicing long division using the standard algorithm plus they will be interpreting remainders!

Dividing with decimals is a life skill used to figure out gas mileage and unit rates.