If you have not read the first article, you can click here to read why my strategies are so very successful. In this sixth article we will focus on four digit numbers divided when your answer is a decimal. Every problem has its own video tutorial, offering immediate online tutoring for your child.
When you complete this article, click here to move to the next lesson, How to do Long Division – Dividing a Decimal by a Decimal.
533 ÷ 82 = 6.5
The strategy of counting by the numbers is designed specifically for children who do NOT know their multiplication facts. My goal is for children is to memorize their multiplication facts. However, until they know all their facts, they need a strategy. Counting by the numbers is the easiest strategy to learn. Therefore, I have added counting by the numbers to the end of each and every video. Children who do not know all their multiplication facts should watch and count with me at the end of each of these videos until they can count by all the number on their own. Repetition of this strategy will help in all areas of math that require multiplication. Once a child knows all their multiplication facts, they can stop the videos after the problem is solved and before Counting by the Numbers begins.
I have scaffold the problems in each lesson.
The first problem in this article is a “Watch Me” problem. The second is a “Work with Me” problem. All the rest are “On Your Own” problems.
*If your child needs a bit more support, they should complete the “On Your Own” problems as a “Work with Me” problem. I have a number of students with gaps in their learning and others with a variety of learning disabilities. I have had incredible success, by having those students complete 5 to 7 problems within each lesson as a “Work with Me” problem. They play a bit of the video, then pause it and copy, then watch a bit more, pause it and copy. My students Play – Pause – and Copy until the entire problem is solved. This is like having a personal tutor working through each and every problem with your child. Every one of my students who has used this strategy has passed the Common Core Proficiency Exam.
How to do Long Division with Online Tutoring in Math: Challenge 1
Watch Me
Rock Climbing on a Sunny Day
Scaling the Heights!
You are an expert rock climber! ️ Your favorite way to spend a sunny day is climbing a challenging escarpment. This rock face is 533 feet high, and you climb to the top in just 82 minutes.
❓ On average, how many feet do you climb per minute?
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How to do Long Division with Online Tutoring in Math: Challenge 2
Work With Me
Cloud Eating Camel
The Cloud-Eating Camel!
You are a scientist studying the strange phenomenon of camels eating clouds. ️ This particular camel has eaten 108 clouds in just 48 hours.
❓ On average, how many clouds did this camel eat per hour?
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Gather your materials and press PLAY. We’ll solve this problem together, while you watch the math tutorial video below.
How to do Long Division with Online Tutoring in Math: Challenge 3
On Your Own
Nectar Guzzling Hummingbird
The Hummingbird’s Nectar Feast!
As an ornithologist, you study birds all day long—their songs, flights, and habits. Today, you are observing a beautiful hummingbird. ✨ This tiny bird has sipped 703 milligrams of nectar in just 76 hours.
❓ On average, how many milligrams of nectar has the bird consumed per hour?
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How to do Long Division with Online Tutoring in Math: Challenge 4
On Your Own
Praying Mantis to the Rescue
The Praying Mantis vs. the Insect Invasion!
You and your family just moved to a house surrounded by a deep forest. But there’s a problem—your yard is full of wasps, crickets, beetles, and black widow spiders! To fight back, you get 28 praying mantises.
There are 462 insects in total.
❓ If each mantis eats the same number of insects, how many does each mantis eat?
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How to do Long Division with Online Tutoring in Math: Challenge 5
On Your Own
Tiffany Tiger
Tiffany Tiger’s Thirsty Tongue!
Tiffany the tiger is so thirsty! She drinks 250 ounces of water using 40 laps of her tongue.
❓ If she gets the same amount of water with each lap, how many ounces does she drink per lap?
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