Lesson 5
Write Division Expressions
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to write division expressions to represent division situations and solve “how many groups?” and “how many in each group?” problems.
Lesson Narrative
Students sort division situations for whether the number of groups is unknown or the number of objects in each group is unknown and write division expressions to represent each situation (MP2). Students then have a chance to use the representations they have learned in this section to solve division problems.
- Engagement
- MLR8
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Solve “how many groups?” and “how many in each group?” problems.
- Write division expressions to represent division situations.
Student Facing
- Let’s write division expressions and solve “how many groups?” and “how many in each group?” problems.
Required Materials
Required Preparation
Activity 1:
- Create a set of cards from the blackline master for each group of 2.
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 15 min |
| Activity 2 | 20 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 10 min |
| Cool-down | 5 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
How have students’ strategies for solving division problems evolved from the first lesson in this unit?
Suggested Centers
- Capture Squares (1–3), Stage 6: Multiply with 1–5 (Supporting)
- Five in a Row: Multiplication (3–5), Stage 2: Factors 1–9 (Supporting)
Print Formatted Materials
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