What this lesson shows
Four stories, four answers: add one more van, drop it, keep only the leftover, or split it.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: 26 ÷ 4. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Add one more
- Drop it
- Only the remainder
- Split it
Helping at home
Divide first, then read the question again and ask what the story needs: one more, drop it, only the remainder, or split it. Say why out loud.
If your kid gets stuck
Which of the four moves fits?
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.
Standards
- Common Core 4.OA.A.3
Solve multistep word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding. - Common Core 5.NF.B.3
Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem. For example, interpret 3/4 as the result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that 3/4 multiplied by 4 equals 3, and that when 3 wholes are shared equally among 4 people each person has a share of size 3/4. If 9 people want to share a 50-pound sack of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should each person get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?
Matches a standard in all 50 states and DCSee each state's code
- Alabama MA19.4.3a, MA19.4.3b, MA19.5.7, MA19.5.11a, MA19.5.11b
- Alaska 4.OA.3, 5.NF.3
- Arizona 4.OA.A.3 *, 4.OA.C.6, 5.NF.B.3, 5.NBT.B.6
- Arkansas 4.CAR.8, 5.CAR.2, 5.CAR.6, 5.CAR.10
- California 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Colorado 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Connecticut 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Delaware 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- District of Columbia 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Florida MA.4.AR.1.1, MA.4.AR.2.2, MA.5.NSO.2.2, MA.5.FR.1.1, MA.5.AR.1.1
- Georgia 4.NR.2.5, 5.NR.2.2, 5.NR.3.1
- Hawaii 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Idaho 4.OA.A.3.a, 4.OA.A.3.b, 5.NBT.A.6.a, 5.NF.B.3
- Illinois 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Indiana 5.CA.2, 5.CA.1, 5.NS.2
- Iowa 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Kansas 4.OA.3, 5.NF.3
- Kentucky KY.4.OA.3.b, KY.5.NF.3, KY.5.NBT.6.a
- Louisiana 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Maine 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Maryland 4.AT.A.4.a, 4.AT.A.4.b, 5.NOS.D.10
- Massachusetts 5.NF.B.3
- Michigan 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Minnesota 4.1.1.5, 5.1.1.2, 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2, 5.1.1.1, 5.1.2.4, 5.1.1.4
- Mississippi 4.OA.3, 5.NF.3
- Missouri 4.RA.A.2, 4.RA.A.3, 5.NF.A.2
- Montana MT.4.OA.3, 4.D1.8, 4.D1.22, 4.D2.8, MT.5.NF.3, 5.D1.8, 5.D3.3
- Nebraska 4.A.1.d, 4.A.1.e, 4.A.1.f, 5.N.2.a, 5.N.3.a, 5.A.1.b, 5.A.1.c
- Nevada 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- New Hampshire 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- New Jersey 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- New Mexico 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- New York NY-4.OA.3.a, NY-4.OA.3.b, NY-5.NF.3
- North Carolina NC.4.OA.3.a, NC.4.OA.3.b, NC.4.OA.3.c, NC.5.NF.3.a, NC.5.NF.3.b, NC.5.NF.3.c
- North Dakota 4.AR.OA.3
- Ohio 4.OA.3, 5.NF.3
- Oklahoma 4.N.2.3, 4.N.2.4, 4.A.2.1, 4.A.2.2, 5.N.2.3, 5.N.2.4, 5.N.2.2
- Oregon 4.OA.A.3, 5.NBT.B.6, 5.NF.B.3
- Pennsylvania CC.2.2.4.A.1, CC.2.1.5.C.2
- Rhode Island 5.NF.B.3
- South Carolina 4.NR.1.2, 4.PAFR.3.3, 4.PAFR.3.4, 5.PAFR.1.2, 4.PAFR.2.4
- South Dakota 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3, 5.NBT.B.6
- Tennessee 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Texas 111.6.b.4.G, 111.6.b.4.H, 111.6.b.5.A, 111.5.b.3.E, 111.7.b.3.C, 111.7.b.3.A, 111.7.b.4.B
- Utah 4.OA.3.a, 4.OA.3.b, 5.NF.3
- Vermont 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- Virginia 4.CE.1a, 4.CE.1b, 4.CE.1d, 4.CE.2a, 4.CE.2h, 4.CE.2j, 4.CE.2k, 5.CE.1a, 5.CE.1c, 5.NS.1a, 4.NS.3g, 5.CE.1b.i, 5.CE.1b.ii, 5.CE.1b.iii, 5.CE.1b.iv
- Washington 4.OA.A.3, 5.NF.B.3
- West Virginia M.4.3, M.5.13
- Wisconsin M.4.OA.A.2.3, M.5.NF.B.3
- Wyoming 4.OA.3a, 4.OA.3b, 4.OAP.3.A, 4.OAP.3.B, 5.NF.3