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WHO HASN’T PLAYED GAZINTAS?

In your arithmetics

the problemis what sticks.

The language isn’t bound

by spelling, but by sound.

So 3 gazinta 81.

The answer? 27. Done!

In longdivision, I would hint, a

lot of work gazin gazinta.

Then Tums: the sign of which is X.

Do 8 tums 1-5-6? It checks

at just one thousand two four eight.

Repeat: 1,248.

Computers work at a faster rate.

David McCord

In this chapter you will:

Learn about patterns

Estimate in division

Investigate trial quotients

and zeros in division

Solve problems with more

than one step

Critical Thinking/

Finding Together

Explain how you can use

base ten blocks to check

that 81 ÷3 = 27.

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