Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Partial quotients

144 ÷ 6 = 24 G3–G4

take out chunks of 6 until nothing is left, then add the chunks 3-digit ÷ 1-digit4-digit ÷ 1-digit 6 144 −120 20 sixes 24 −24 4 sixes 0 20 + 4 = 24 6 1464 −1200 200 sixes 264 −240 40 sixes 24 −24 4 sixes 200 + 40 + 4 = 244

How this one works

How

keep taking out chunks of 6 until nothing is left, then add the chunks.

Best when

you would rather take easy steps than one big one.

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.

The same problem, other ways