Dividend Challenge

Class Activity

Focus: Basic division facts

Grouping: Whole class
Materials: Copy of Dividend Challenge Cards
Shoebox (or similar container)

Activity
1. Beforehand, cut apart the cards on the activity sheet and place them in a shoebox.

2. Write a division fact on the board and ask volunteers to identify the parts:

12 3 = 4

dividend divisor quotient

3. Explain that students will be playing a game called Dividend Challenge. In the game, players will
name basic division facts that go with a dividend. For practice, have volunteers name division facts, in
addition to the one on the board, with a dividend of 12:

12 3 = 4 12 4 = 3
12 2 = 6 12 6 = 2
12 1 = 12 12 12 = 1

4. Divide the class into 2 teams to play Dividend Challenge.

The first player on Team A draws a dividend card from the shoebox and names one division fact to
go with the dividend on the card. Team members in turn name additional facts until a team member
says, "Thats all." The team scores 1 point for each fact named.
Any players on Team B now have the opportunity to name facts that Team A omitted. Team B scores
2 points for each omitted fact they can name. Then the first player on Team B draws a new dividend
card and play continues as before.
Teams continue to take turns until all of the dividend cards have been drawn or until the playing time
is over. The winning team is the team that scored the most points.
Note: Throughout the game, the teacher records the division facts on the board and tracks the scores.

Variation
This game includes dividends to 81 (divisors to 9). For a more difficult game, make cards for dividends
up to 144 (divisors to 12).

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 Dividend Challenge
Dividend Cards

Dividend: Dividend: Dividend: Dividend:

4 6 8 9
Dividend: Dividend: Dividend: Dividend:

12 14 15 16
Dividend: Dividend: Dividend: Dividend:

18 20 21 24
Dividend: Dividend: Dividend: Dividend:

25 27 28 30
Dividend: Dividend: Dividend: Dividend:

32 35 36 40
Dividend: Dividend: Dividend: Dividend:

42 45 49 54
Dividend: Dividend: Dividend: Dividend:

56 63 64 72
Dividend:

81
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