"Dealing with Devilish Division"



 
 

Does your stomach hurt every time you think about long division? This site will help you conquer your fear of long division. This webquest teaches you how to calculate long division and shows you how to check your answers to see if you have done your problems correctly. Eventually  this site will help you take the fear out of long division.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Tasks:


After visiting this site, you will overcome your fear of long division. You will overcome this fear by :

The Resources: 

 

1. Can It Divide?  will give you shortcuts to dividing numerals.  How can you quickly know if one number will divide evenly into another number, leaving no remainder?  For example, will 3 divide evenly into 2,169,252?  Well, I wouldn't have brought the subject up if I didn't know some serious shortcuts.
 

2.  Long Division- Did My Students Burn Rubber?  Follow along and remember the steps.  Learn how to use this acronym  to do long division.
 
3. Steps to long division.  Learn, step by step, the correct way to do long division.  Did you know that long division also involves subtraction?
 
4.  Look!  It's a bird!  It's a plane!  It's Long division!  Fly your plane and divide the numbers on your mail, when   you see the right  answer land your plane to deliver  your mail. Watch out for the birds!
 
5.  At FUNBRAIN.COM, you will be able to practice all of the skills you have learned. Baseball season has began, and now you play using division.  Play America's favorite sport using division to score runs!

 
 

The Process:  

 
1. Can It Divide?  will give you shortcuts to dividing numerals.  How can you quickly know if one number will divide evenly into another number, leaving no remainder?  For example, will 3 divide evenly into 2,169,252? Well, I wouldn't have brought the subject up if I didn't know some serious shortcuts.  Click HERE to go to shortcuts of numerals and practice the division facts.
 
2.  Long Division- Did My Students Burn Rubber?  Follow along and remember the steps.  Learn how to use this acronym  to do long division.  Click HERE to go to the web site  Use the example given to follow the acronym and learn step by step how to do long division. Work three problems from bottom of page.
 
3. Steps to long division. Learn, step by step, the correct way to do long division. Did you know that long division also involves subtraction? Click HERE  and follow the eleven steps to learn long division. Once you think you can beat the devil, take the quiz.
 
4.  Look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Long division! Fly your plane and divide the numbers on your mail, when      you see the right  answer land your plane to deliver  your mail. Watch out for the birds! Click HERE to go to the web site and play the game.
 
5.  At FUNBRAIN.COM, you will be able to practice all of the skills you have learned. Baseball season has begun, and now you play using division.  Play America's favorite sport using division to score runs! Click HERE to get to the link. Once there, click on "DIVISION" and level "EASY" to begin. Once you have mastered "Easy" level continue playing until you have mastered the level "SUPER BRAIN".
 
6.  A personally generated quiz is available through Quia .

 
 
 
 
 

Learning Advice:



 

After working through the activities on this webquest, the student will have a better understanding of doing long division. In addition, the activities will allow the student to apply the knowledge gained.
For more help, Ask Dr. Math.
 
 

Conclusion:

 


 
 

Congratulations!
 
 

Now that you have completed this webquest, you are well on your way to conquering "Devilish Division" and eventually "The WORLD."


Link to power point presentation.
 
 


 

This page written by James Suggs. Last updated October 13, 2000.

Dr. Bruce Lewis- Instructor, EDU 506-02