Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Area model · find the missing side

144 ÷ 6 = 24 G3–G4

the area is what you start with · one side is the divisor · find the other side 3-digit ÷ 1-digit4-digit ÷ 1-digit 20 4 6 120 24 144 ÷ 6 = 24 (120 ÷ 6) + (24 ÷ 6) 20 + 4 24 200 44 6 1,200 264 1,464 ÷ 6 = 244 (1,200 ÷ 6) + (264 ÷ 6) 200 + 44 244

How this one works

How

break 144 into friendly chunks, divide each chunk, then add the answers.

Best when

the number feels too big to divide all at once.

seen one of these on a test? See it on a real question: TEKS 3.4K, one- and two-step problems, or TEKS 3.5B, writing the equation first.

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