Solving Routine and

Non-Routine
Problems Involving
Division

Prepared by: Genelene B. Fernandez

Bulihan Elementary School
GMA, Cavite
Answer the following :

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7
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 Presentation

1
There were 10 loaves of bread which were
2
equally shared with 21 street children. What

part of the bread did each child get?

What important facts are given in the problem?

How can you solve the problem?
What operation will you use?
What is your final answer?
Understand the problem – What is
asked? What are the given?

Devise a plan – What operation to be

used? What is the number sentence?

Carry out the plan – What is the

complete solution?

Look back and evaluate the solution –

Check if the answer is correct

POLYA’S 4 STEPS IN SOLVING PROBLEMS

 Think-Pair-Share

1
A farmer has 4 2
hectares of land. He

divided the farm between his 3 sons.

How many hectares did each son get?

 Think-Pair-Share

3
A log 3 meters long will be cut into
4

5 equal pieces. How long will each

piece be?
 Collaborative Work
Let’s Investigate

Teacher Mark wants to give each of

his Grade 6 pupils 5/9 of a slice of
pizza. If teacher Mark has 10 slices,
then how many pupils will he be
able to hand out pizza to?
Miles is making a ribbon
Mother has 8 1/5 boxes for the birthday of her
of buko pie to be sliced friend. She has 10 2/3
among her 4 children. meters of lace for the
What part of the buko ribbon. How many
pie will each of her child ribbons can she make if
each ribbon should be 3/5
receive?
 Let’s Investigate

Joseph is a long distance runner. He

can run a mile at a consistent pace
of 6 4/5 minutes. How many miles
can he run in 50 minutes if he keeps
that pace?
Jenny is baking cakes for the
sweets sale of her school. Each
cake requires 2 ½ cups of
sugar. If she has to make 7
cakes, do you think 17 1/3
cups of sugar is enough?
Explain.
 INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY
3
Shane has a piece of rope that is 3 4
meters long. If he cuts it into pieces that
are each 3 of a unit long, how many
pieces 5 does he have?

Dawn is making pan cakes for 1

her friends.
Each pan cake requires 4 3 table
spoon of flour. If she has 10 friends, do
you think 43 ½ spoons of flour is
enough? Explain.
 APPLICATION

Do the problems in this lesson

happens in real life?
 GENERALIZATION

What are the steps in

solving word problem?

Understand the problem

Devise a plan
Carry out the plan
Look back and evaluate the
solution
 EVALUATION

Read, analyze and solve the following problems.

Show your complete solution.

In her backyard, Jess is planting rows of

beans. To plant a row of beans, Jess
needs 1/7 square feet. There are 8
square feet in Jess’ backyard, how many
rows of beans can Jess plant?.

A group of 8 friends decided to

buy chocolate from a candy store. If each
friends wants 2 5/7 kilograms of
chocolate, do you think 21 8/9 kilograms
are enough for them? Explain.