Lesson: The Division Symbol: Grouping Equally Mathematics • 3rd Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to use the division symbol to write equations to find the number of equal groups when we put 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10 objects into a group.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

recognize and understand the division symbol when grouping equally (finding the number of groups),
read and write division expressions,
use a variety of strategies to solve division problems that involve grouping,
explain their thinking when solving division problems that involve grouping.

Lesson Video

Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

There are 12 fish.

Fill in the blank: There are fish in each bowl.

Fill in the blank: There are bowls.

Fill in the blank: .

Q2:

There are 18 children.

After making groups of 6, there are groups.

Which division equation shows what we did?

After making groups of 2, use the division symbol to write an equation that shows how many groups there will be.

Q3:

Emma had 30 flowers to put into vases.

She found the number of vases she needed by solving .

How many flowers did she put in each vase?

How many vases did she need?