Bianca Gets a Present

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca is babysitting two young girls on Halloween. When their mother is late, she has to take them trick-or-treating even though it is her birthday. To thank her, the girls combine their Halloween candy and then share it equally amongst themselves and Bianca.

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Creating Equal Shares

Students practice fractions by sharing certain numbers of objects among different numbers of people. They begin with unit fractions and move to sharing multiple objects among multiple people, in which a < b, and to produce fractions less than one.

Feed That Dog

The CyberSquad solves the problem of giving equal parts of two apples to Cerberus, the three headed dog of Greek mythology, in this video from Cyberchase.

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Sharing As a Model for Division

Students use manipulatives to share objects among different sized groups and practice dealing rounds as a division method. They learn to apply the method to problems using numbers and how to write these problems as multiplication and division facts.

Sharing Candy Among Gargoyles

The CyberSquad must divide 35 candies evenly among seven gargoyles in this video segment from Cyberchase.

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Sharing Halloween Candy

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Jackie shows Buzz, Delete and Harold how to deal out rounds (or sets) of objects to solve a problem.

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Strategies for Dividing Numerically

Students practice division and the concept of breaking a total into parts that are smaller and more easily divided.

Three Equal Shares

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must divide a wreath into three equal parts to satisfy the demands of the Three Fates.

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