Week 03 · Divide: share and group
Thursday
The kindness baskets
// Fair shares and equal groups
⏱ about 15 min
Thursday: The kindness baskets
Chris the Coyote opens his satchel and pulls out a tiny basket.
"This is the story of Lucy's kindness baskets," he says.
"One spring, Lucy found 32 pears under the old tree."
"She wanted to make baskets for 4 neighbors who were feeling sad."
"Then she found 36 acorns, and she put 9 in each basket she made."
"Everyone smiled when the baskets arrived."
Story: Two kinds of baskets
Lucy shares 32 pears fairly with 4 neighbors.
32 ÷ 4 = 8, so each neighbor gets 8 pears.
Then Lucy puts 9 acorns in each basket.
36 ÷ 9 = 4, so she makes 4 acorn baskets.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STORY
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
How many neighbors got pears?Lucy shares 32 pears with 4 neighbors. How many pears each?
Lucy puts 36 acorns in baskets of 9. How many baskets?In the acorn part, what did we look for?
More kindness problems
SOLVE THE STORY
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
Rosie hands out 42 stickers to 6 friends fairly. How many each?
Donnie stacks 45 leaves in piles of 5. How many piles?
Lucy makes 3 baskets with 8 plums in each. How many plums?
Bennie shares 56 stones into 8 equal piles. How many in each pile?WHICH STORY FITS?
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
Which story fits 56 ÷ 8?
Which story fits 20 ÷ 5?
Which number sentence fits? 12 cups go on 3 trays equally.Think of a multiplication fact.
| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| 32 ÷ 4 = 8 | ? |
| 36 ÷ 9 = 4 | ? |
| 42 ÷ 6 = 8 | ? |
| 56 ÷ 8 = 7 | ? |
WHY THIS EXERCISE6 × 7 = 42, so 42 ÷ 6 = 7.
Try it
Make kindness cards for 3 people in your home.
Gather 12 stickers, stamps or drawings.
Share them fairly on the 3 cards.
How many does each card get?
Gather 12 stickers, stamps or drawings.
Share them fairly on the 3 cards.
How many does each card get?
On paper, draw Lucy's 4 baskets with the pears shared fairly.
What a kind story! Tomorrow Freddy has a review game.