4. Fact families connecting multiplication and division (Levels 3, 4, and 5)
Connections Between Inverses
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4m 30s
Peter Sullivan highlights the significance of understanding division and multiplication as inverse operations. He shares mental division techniques, demonstrating how to divide 400 by 25 to get 16. Engaging students in learning, he discusses the commutative property and the order of operations. Sullivan encourages connecting numbers through fact families and provides examples of multiplication. He emphasizes flexible teaching methods to involve all students and offers guidance on creating math problems.
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