Grade 03 Mathematics - EC: M03.B-O.1.1.2

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
Questions/activities that grow in complexity
Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

M03.B-O.1.1.2 M03.B-O.1.1.2

Interpret and/or describe whole-number quotients of whole numbers (limit dividends through 50 and limit divisors and quotients through 10). Example 1: Interpret 48 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 48 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares, or as a number of shares when 48 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects each. Example 2: Describe a context in which a number of shares or a number of groups can be expressed as 48 ÷ 8.

Activities

Amir worked 42 hours this week. He worked the same number of hours each day for six days. Which expression shows how many hours he worked each day?
1. 42 + 6
2. 42 – 6
3. 42 x 6
4. 42 ÷ 6

Complete the drawing to show 24 chairs evenly divided into the groups below:

Sophia has $40 in five-dollar bills. Write a division expression that can be used to find how many five-dollar bills she has.
Mrs. Peterson needs 32 crayons for her class. She purchased the crayons in boxes of eight. Write and solve an expression to represent the number of boxes she purchased.

Create a situation that can be represented by 30 ÷ 6.

Answer Key/Rubric

40 ÷ 5
32 ÷ 8
4 boxes of crayons

Answers will vary. Students should create a situation where 30 items are split up into six groups of five.