DivisionGrade 3Lesson 07

Break the whole into friendly parts

Explore partial quotients with this Grade 3 Glow Math Facts lesson. Connect objects and drawings to equations, explain a strategy, and practice at the learner’s pace.

2 sessions18–22 min per sessionFull PDFs with a paid adult account

What children will practice.

Use partial quotients to solve division facts and connect objects or drawings to equations.

In the learner’s words: I can solve division facts and show why my answer makes sense.

Facts to explore.

42 ÷ 6 = ?48 ÷ 6 = ?56 ÷ 7 = ?54 ÷ 9 = ?

Start with objects or a drawing. Connect the model to an equation, then practice a few facts at a time across two short sessions. Choose a starting point using the learner’s prior instruction.

Let’s work one out · Partial quotients
42 ÷ 6=7
Split 42 into 30 and 12. Each part divides by 6: 30 ÷ 6 = 5 and 12 ÷ 6 = 2. Add the group counts: 42 ÷ 6 = 7.

Build it with objects. Draw it. Tell someone how it works.

A look inside

A problem to explore

Forty-two beads are packed into sets of 6. How many sets can you make?

An adult may read the problem aloud. Explain your thinking with objects, a drawing, words, or an equation.

From a model to a little discovery.

The complete lesson includes two short teaching sessions, eight practice facts, a story problem, space to show thinking, cut-out fact cards, and a separate answer key for the grown-up.

Use Glow Math Facts as an practice companion. The printable lesson also works away from a screen. Full teaching materials are included with a paid adult account.

Grade 3 explores equal groups, arrays, related facts, and strategies within 100. Choose by readiness and prior teaching.

Glow’s suggested teaching sequence. Select by prior instruction and readiness; this focused fact-practice collection is not a complete mathematics curriculum or a placement test.

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