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Developing a Division Algorithm, #8
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage them to think of creative ways to solve the problem.
Headline Story
To figure the volume of a rectangular box, multiply length × width × height. If a rectangular box has a volume of 60 cubic units and height of 4 units, what are some of the possibilities for its other two dimensions?
Possible student responses
Because the height is 4, length × width × 4 = 60. Length × width must be 15, because 15 × 4 = 60. So, length and width could be 3 and 5 or 1 and 15 or 2 and 7
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