Pennies on a Plate By Read 4 Fun

I introduce 2-3 fact families per week. I repeat the same process for introducing the different math facts so the students become very familiar with the process of multiplication and division.

I make kits for every

2 students in my class. The kit consists of 10 - 6” paper plates and 100 pennies stored in a quart plastic baggie. (Although, you can use anything that is small such as sunflower seeds, beans, etc.) 1. I give the students a problem. 2. The students take out the number of pennies to represent the dividend and take the number of plates to represent the divisor. 3.

I then have them equally divide the pennies out on the plates.

4. Any pennies left over would then be the remainder (I do not begin with problems with remainders).

5. I then have them record the facts in written form.

6. After the students have explored with this activity they begin to really understand the process.

It takes 5-6 weeks to introduce all of the fact families. I focus on the same facts for the week. Although, at the end of the week I have also taught them how to multiply a two digit number by a one digit number, how to solve long division problems, how to convert a whole number into an improper fraction, convert an improper fraction to a whole number, along with the basic multiplication and division facts.

I hope you understand my explanation.

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