Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson Athens State University PT3 Grant Funding, Summer 2000

Each shirt needs 4 buttons. There are 8 buttons in all. How many shirts can we make with the 8 buttons? 8 4 = ?

We measure out 4 buttons for 1 shirt and 4 buttons for another shirt. We can make 2 shirts with the 8 buttons. 8 4 = 2 shirt #2 shirt #1

We have 6 buttons and each person wants to play with 2 buttons. How many people get to play with the yellow buttons? 6 2 = ?

We measure out 2 buttons for the first person, 2 buttons for the second person, and 2 buttons for the third person. How many people get to play with the yellow buttons? The answer is = 3 Person #1 Person #2 Person #3

Now you try one. There are 9 buttons and it takes 3 buttons to play a game. How many players will there be in the game? 9 3 = ?

Player #1 Player #2Player #3 You’re right. There will be 3 players because 9 divided by 3 equals 3.

The End A Project Developed for Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) By Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson Athens State University, College of Education