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4th grade math · Unit 2: Multiplication

Division facts are missing factors

What this lesson shows

56 ÷ 8 asks what times 8 makes 56.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 56 ÷ 8. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Ask what times it makes
  2. Use a fact you know
  3. Write the fact family

Helping at home

Read each division as a question: what times the divisor makes the number? Write it as a multiplication with a box, then use a fact you know.

If your kid gets stuck

What times the divisor makes it?

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core 3.OA.B.6
    Understand division as an unknown-factor problem. For example, find 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8.
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