Use a dividing tool to make equal shares of hardware items such as nails, bolts or screws. For example, pack 32 bolts into packets of 3. Predict how many packets can be filled and how many items will be left over. Check your prediction. Complete a sentence describing the number operations, including the fraction of a packet remaining. This learning object is one in a series of five objects.
Objective
1. Students model division as both sharing and grouping (repeated subtraction).
2. Students interpret remainders (as whole numbers or fractions) in relation to the context of a problem.
