Grade 03 Mathematics - EC: M03.B-O.1.2.1

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

Grade Levels

3rd Grade

Course, Subject

Mathematics

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

M03.B-O.1.2.1 M03.B-O.1.2.1

Use multiplication (up to and including 10 × 10) and/or division (limit dividends through 50 and limit divisors and quotients through 10) to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and/or measurement quantities.

Activities

18 ÷ 3
9 x 3

Sophia baked cakes to share with her classmates for the last day of school. If she needs to feed 100 students and she baked ten cakes, how many slices should she cut each cake into? Write and solve an expression to represent this situation.
Miguel baked eight batches of cookies. If there were nine cookies in each batch, how many cookies did he bake? Write and solve an expression to represent this situation.
Andrew bought a multi-pack of gum that contained six packages. If there are eight pieces in each package, how many pieces of gum did he buy? Write and solve an expression to represent this situation.
The local food pantry was putting together some food baskets for Thanksgiving. They needed to make 7 more baskets and had 21 more canned goods left. How many cans should go into each basket so they are all the same? Write and solve an expression to represent this situation.

Mr. Graham’s class has 24 students. They are spending the day at the zoo and he wants to split them up into equal sized groups for the day. What are three possibilities for him?

Answer Key/Rubric

100 ÷ 10
10 slices for each cake

8 x 9
72 cookies total

6 x 8
48 pieces of gum

21 ÷ 7
3 cans per basket

Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:

Two groups of 12 students
Three groups of 8 students
Four groups of 6 students