Ep 175: The Most Sophisticated Division Strategy

Division is figure-out-able! In this episode Pam and Kim discuss the most sophisticated strategy for division and precursors that students can begin developing in the fourth grade!
Talking Points:

• An Equivalent Ratios Problem String
• Precursor relationships
• Scaling up or Scaling down
• What makes Equivalent Ratios the most sophisticated strategy for division
• 4th grade can begin to reason about division using the "bigger, smaller thing" to reason about division
• 5th grade can begin to reason about equivalence 
• Relational thinking

See Ep 64 and 132 for more on equivalent ratios!
Checkout mathisfigureoutable.com/relational-thinking for free exercises to develop the equivalent ratios strategy..

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