Grade
4

Same & Different: Division Displays

Look at the two pictures and equations. What do you notice?

A. Number line from 0 to 30, with 7 intervals of 4 and an eighth interval of 2. 30 divided by 4 = blank. B. 7 6-cup muffin tins, each full of muffins. 2 muffins sit beside them. 44 divided by blank = 7 remainder 2.
  1. How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
    • A and B are the same because …
    • A and B are different because …
  2. Write a division equation. Draw a picture or model to represent it. Explain how it is the same as A and B and how it is different.
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