Grade 3-5 Number Talks Guide – Division: Partial Quotients
As presented in “Number Talks” by Sherry Parrish
Day Strategy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Problems
Build on multiplication
40 ÷ 4
problems with friendly
16 ÷ 4
multipliers such as 2, 5,
56 ÷ 4
10, etc. to scaffold
students thinking to solve
long division. Building on
multiples of ten to find
easy multiples of the
divisor within the dividend.
30 ÷ 3
24 ÷ 3
54 ÷ 3
50 ÷ 5
30 ÷ 5
80 ÷ 5
40 ÷ 4
24 ÷ 4
67 ÷ 4
40 ÷ 4
80 ÷ 4
4÷4
88 ÷ 4
40 ÷ 4
80 ÷ 4
16 ÷ 4
96 ÷ 4
30 ÷ 3
18 ÷ 3
48 ÷3
30 ÷ 3
90 ÷ 3
93 ÷ 3
5÷5
10 ÷ 5
25 ÷ 5
50 ÷ 5
75 ÷ 5
Build on multiples of ten
300 ÷ 3
and one hundred and find 120 ÷ 3
easy multiples of the
420 ÷ 3
Date
Feedback (what students struggled with
the skill)
divisor within the dividend
focusing on three-digit
numbers with a singledigit divisor.
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Continue to build on
multiples of ten and one
hundred to find easy
multiples of the divisor
within the dividend
30 ÷ 6
18 ÷ 6
300 ÷ 6
348 ÷ 6
100 ÷ 4
200 ÷ 4
40 ÷ 4
16 ÷ 4
256 ÷ 4
400 ÷ 4
80 ÷ 4
16 ÷ 4
496 ÷ 4
100 ÷ 4
40 ÷ 4
24 ÷ 4
4÷4
124 ÷ 4
160 ÷ 8
16 ÷ 8
400 ÷ 8
80 ÷8
496 ÷ 8
120 ÷ 6
18 ÷ 6
60 ÷ 6
300 ÷ 6
180 ÷ 6
500 ÷ 6
100 ÷ 5
200 ÷ 5
30 ÷ 5
5÷5
235 ÷ 5
900 ÷ 3
300 ÷ 3
240 ÷ 3
12 ÷ 3
852 ÷ 3
100 ÷ 25
250 ÷ 25
500 ÷ 25
focusing on three-digit
numbers with a two-digit
divisor.
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
150 ÷ 15
300 ÷ 15
600 ÷ 15
120 ÷ 12
240 ÷ 12
360 ÷ 12
36 ÷ 12
396 ÷ 12
120 ÷ 12
240 ÷ 12
368 ÷ 12
120 ÷ 13
26 ÷ 13
52 ÷ 13
195 ÷ 13
100 ÷ 20
200 ÷ 20
400 ÷ 20
500 ÷ 20
70 ÷ 35
105 ÷ 35
350 ÷ 35
525 ÷ 35
100 ÷ 25
200 ÷ 25
500 ÷ 25
75 ÷ 25
675 ÷ 25
30 ÷ 15
90 ÷ 15
300 ÷ 15
150 ÷ 15
540 ÷ 15