Common Core math · 3rd grade

3.OA.A.2 games

Understand division as sharing into equal groups.

3.OA.A.2 is part of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Fair Share practices it. Standards vary by state, so check with your kid’s teacher for the exact match.

The game

Fair Share Division by sharing and grouping2nd and 3rd grade

Fair Share: At a picnic, kids share cookies equally among friends and pack crayons into boxes, the two meanings of division. Then come fact families, division facts and problems with leftovers.

Practice it at home

Deal out crackers or cards one at a time to a few plates and count how many each plate gets.

Related standards

3.OA.A.1Understand multiplication as equal groups.
3.OA.A.3Solve multiplication and division word problems within 100.
3.OA.A.4Find the missing number in a multiplication or division equation.
3.OA.B.5Use properties of multiplication, like turning it around or breaking a fact apart.
3.OA.B.6Treat division as a missing-factor problem.
3.OA.C.7Multiply and divide within 100 fluently, and know the facts to 10 × 10.
3.OA.D.8Solve two-step word problems and check the answer makes sense.

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