Many parents started their day on Friday, October 30th practicing long division the Math in Focus way with Jen Steinberg, our math specialist. Mrs. Steinberg led parents and some students through a few long division problems using the Math in Focus method and language which emphasizes place value. Click on the video below to watch Mrs. Steinberg work through a division problem.
Helpful tip for long division: Use your hand to cover up the numbers that you are not dividing so that you see only the place that you are dividing.
Massachusetts Grade 4 Common Core Standard
4.NBT.B.6 Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
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