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Division Facts
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Home-School Connection Topic 8 English
Your child is using fact families to learn division facts. A fact family has one or two multiplication facts and one or two division facts that use the same three numbers. For example, the fact family for 5, 9, and 45 is: 9 5 45 5 9 45 45 9 5 45 5 9 Your child is learning to divide by the numbers 2 through 9 and to follow rules for 0 and 1. Here are two activities to help your child practice division and multiplication facts.
Fun with Fact Families
Step 1 Have Player 1 and Player 2 each pick a number from 1 through 9 and say the number aloud. For example, Player 1 says 6 and Player 2 says 8. Step 2 Player 1 then says a multiplication fact that includes both numbers. (6 8 = 48) Step 3 Player 2 says a related division fact. (48 6 = 8) Step 4 Continue until the entire fact family has been used; then start again.
Find the Missing Number
Materials paper, pencil Step 1 Write a division sentence using a number from 1 to 9 as the divisor, but leave out one of the numbers. For example: ________ 6 = 3. Step 2 Ask your child to fill in the missing number. Encourage your child to tell you how he or she solves the problem.
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