Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

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Strategy: Write a Number Sentence

A nursery donates 36 trees to a city.

The city plants 4 trees in each of its parks.

At most, how many parks could there be?

Because the 36 trees are being

separated into equal groups of

4 trees each, write a number

sentence for division.

36 
 4 

parks

?

Multiply the quotient 9

by the divisor.  84

36 The answer checks!

Divide to find the quotient.

9

4 
 3  6

 36

0

There could be 9 parks.

Visualize yourself in the problem

as you reread it. Focus on the

facts and questions.

Facts: 36 trees donated

4 trees in each park

Question: How many parks could there be?

Think

Number 
Number Number

in all in each of groups

group

Think

How many 4s

are in 36? 9

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