Problem Solving
How do you use what you have learned to problem solve?
Goal:
Goal:
Practice!
Goal: Apply what you have learned about solving long division word problems.
It is time to problem solve! Follow the problem-solving steps to help Ava figure out how to solve long division problems.
Word Problem Solving Steps
- Read the problem.
- Look for important information.
- Write a math sentence.
- Choose a way to solve.
- Solve and label your answer.
Click through the slides to work through the word problem!
Read the Problem
Ava reads the trivia card. The most popular two-digit
number is 39 divided by 3. What is the most popular
two-digit number?
The first step is to read. Then, read the problem again! It is helpful to read the problem as many times as you need to see all the important information!
Look for Important Information
Ava reads the trivia card. The most popular two-digit
number is 39 divided by 3. What is the most popular
two-digit number?
The first step is to read. Then, look for the important information. The problem has the information you need. There are numbers, a key word, and a question. Look for the important numbers.
Click the Show Me button to see how you did!
Ava reads the trivia card. The most popular
two-digit number is 39 divided by 3. What is the
most popular two-digit number? The numbers 39,
and 3 are highlighted in red. divided by is
circled. The sentence What is the most popular
two-digit number? is underlined.
39 and 3 are the important numbers. “Divided by” are key words, and the last sentence, the question, is important information.
Write a Math Sentence
Ava reads the trivia card. The most popular two-digit
number is 39 divided by 3. What is the most popular
two-digit number? The numbers 39, and 3 are highlighted
in red. divided by is circled. The sentence What is the
most popular two-digit number? is underlined.
39 and 3 are the important numbers.
Write a division sentence.
Click the Show Me button to see how you did!
Choose a Way to Solve
Ava reads the trivia card. The most popular two-digit
number is 39 divided by 3. What is the most popular
two-digit number? The numbers 39, and 3 are highlighted
in red. divided by is circled. The sentence What is the
most popular two-digit number? is underlined.
We need to use long division to solve this problem. When using long division, remember to follow the steps of long division.
Solve and Label Your Answer
Ava reads the trivia card. The most popular two-digit
number is 39 divided by 3. What is the most popular
two-digit number? The numbers 39, and 3 are highlighted
in red. divided by is circled. The sentence What is the
most popular two-digit number? is underlined.
Click the Show Me button to see how you did!
The answer needs to have a label word. The number and word will answer the question in the problem!
Question
What is the most popular two-digit number?
The most popular two-digit number is 13.
Try to solve the next problems on your own. See if you can answer these problems using long divison steps.
Long Division
Ava reads a trivia card. It says: The only number spelled with letters that are in alphabetical order is represented by the division problem 200 divided by 5. What is the number?
The only number spelled with letters in alphabetical order is fifty.
The only number spelled with letters in alphabetical order is forty.
The only number spelled with letters in alphabetical order is four.
Follow the steps for using long division.
Correct! Forty is in alphabetical order. 200 divided by 5 is 40.
Follow the steps for using long division.
Divide using long division.
21
18
17
Remember to first divide then multiply.
Remember to first divide then multiply.
Correct! 85 divided by 5 is 17.
You got # out of # correct. Click the Retry button for another attempt.
You got a perfect score. Great job!