Earning 100 Snelfus

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

3

Overview

In this video segment from Cyberchase, there is a valuable Encryptor chip being auctioned off that the CyberSquad needs to purchase in order to save Motherboard. It looks like it will take at least 100 Snelfus to win the bidding. The CyberSquad plans to raise Snelfus by working each day to earn and save Snelfus over a period of 11 days. The squad must use their multiplication and division skills to solve their problem!

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 3

MA19.3.6

Use the relationship between multiplication and division to represent division as an equation with an unknown factor.

UP:MA19.3.6

Vocabulary

  • Product
  • Quotient
  • Equation
  • Unknown factor
  • Dividend
  • Divisor

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Multiplication and division are related operations.
  • Using known multiplication facts and the relationship between multiplication and division, will help build fluency with division facts.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use the relationship between multiplication and division to find quotients.
  • Write a multiplication equation with a missing factor to represent a division situation.
  • Use symbols to represent an unknown quantity in equations.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Multiplication and division are related operations.
  • The dividend in a division equation is the same as the product in a related multiplication equation.
Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 3

MA19.3.7

Use strategies based on properties and patterns of multiplication to demonstrate fluency with multiplication and division within 100.

UP:MA19.3.7

Vocabulary

  • Fluently
  • Properties of operations
  • Product
  • Digit
  • Divisor
  • Dividend
  • Inverse operation
  • Derived fact

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies for finding products and quotients.
  • How to use multiplication facts in terms of a missing factor to learn division facts.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use strategies based on properties of operations and patterns of multiplication to find products and quotients.
  • Use efficient multiplication and division strategies based on the numbers in the problems. -Use multiplication facts in terms of a missing factor to learn division facts.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can use the meaning of the numbers in multiplication and division situations to determine strategies to become fluent with multiplication and division facts.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom
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