Couch Coins
4.NBT.6
Chantel and her brother found 9 dimes and 6 pennies in their couch.
Chantel and her brother found 9 dimes and 6 pennies in their couch. If they share their money equally, how much money will each of them get?
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Chantel and her brother found 9 dimes and 6 pennies in their couch. If they share their money equally, how much money will each of them get?
Do you think they will each have more or less than 40¢?
Chantel and her brother found 9 dimes and 6 pennies in their couch. If they share their money equally, how much money will each of them get?
Do you think they can share all of the money equally?
What equation can we write to show sharing this amount equally?
Chantel and her brother found 9 dimes and 6 pennies in their couch. If they share their money equally, how much money will each of them get?
Do you think they can share all of the money equally?
What equation can we write to show sharing this amount equally?
96 ÷ 2 = m
Solve the problem in your journal or on a whiteboard.
Use partial quotients to solve.
Type your answer.
Debrief
How did you solve the problem?
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2 96
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2 96
80 2 x 40
Chantel’s money:
40 cents
Her brother’s money:
40 cents
Debrief
2 96
- 80 2 x 40
16
Chantel’s money:
40 cents
Her brother’s money:
40 cents
Debrief
2 96
- 80 2 x 40
16
Chantel’s money:
40 cents
Her brother’s money:
40 cents
They still need to share 16 cents.
Debrief
2 96
- 80 2 x 40
16
-16 2 x 8
0
Chantel’s money:
40 cents + 8 cents = 48 ¢
Her brother’s money:
40 cents + 8 cents = 48 ¢
Debrief
2 96
- 80 2 x 40
16
-16 2 x 8
0
Chantel’s money:
40 cents + 8 cents = 48 ¢
Her brother’s money:
40 cents + 8 cents = 48 ¢
48
Chantel and her brother both get 48¢.
Kelly’s photo album has a total of 84 pictures. Each page of the album holds 6 pictures. How many pages can Kelly fill? Will there be any pictures left? If so, how many?
Solve using partial quotients.
Solve the problem in your journal or on a whiteboard.
Use partial quotients to solve.
Type your answer.
Solve the problem in your journal or on a whiteboard.
Use partial quotients to solve.
Type your answer.
Claudia has 72 cans of food to donate to the food bank. She has 8 bags and she wants to divide the cans equally between the bags before she delivers the donation. How many cans will be in each bag?