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Lesson 5: Creating Division Stories
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Lesson 5: Creating Division Stories
Classwork
Opening Exercises
Fraction bar:
8
2
÷
9
9
Number Line:
Molly’s friend Xavier purchased
11
8
cups of strawberries, and he eats
3
4
cup servings. How many servings has he
purchased?
Area Model:
3
1
÷
5
4

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Example 1
1
1
÷
2
8
Step 1: Decide on an interpretation.
Step 2: Draw a model.
Step 3: Find the answer.
Step 4: Choose a unit.
Step 5: Set up a situation.

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Exercise 1
Using the same dividend and divisor, work with a partner to create your own story problem. You may use the same unit,
but your situation must be unique. You could try another unit such as ounces, yards, or miles if you prefer.
Example 2
3
4
÷
1
2
Step 1: Decide on an interpretation.
Step 2: Draw a diagram.

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Step 3: Find the answer.
Step 4: Choose a unit.
Step 5: Set up a situation.
Exercise 2
Using the same dividend and divisor, work with a partner to create your own story problem. You may use the same unit,
but your situation must be unique. You could try another unit such as ounces, yards, or miles if you prefer.

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Lesson 5: Creating Division Stories
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Problem Set
Please use each of the five steps of the process you learned. Label each step.
1. Write a measurement division story problem for 6 ÷
3
4
.
2. Write a measurement division story problem for
5
12
÷
1
6
.
Lesson Summary
The method of creating division stories has five steps, to be followed in order:
Step 1: Decide on an interpretation (measurement or partitive). Today we used only measurement division.
Step 2: Draw a model .
Step 3: Find the answer.
Step 4: Choose a unit.
Step 5: Set up a situation. This means writing a story problem that is interesting, realistic, short, and clear and that
has all the information necessary to solve it. It may take you several attempts before you find a story that works
well with the given dividend and divisor.