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Merlin's Tower - Long Division Dungeon

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

3.9 Stars

TEACHERS (41)

4.1

STUDENTS (4971)

3.6

LENGTH

20 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

A test of wits and long division! Use your math skills to help the wizard escape this perilous dungeon. Mix potions and math to formulate your escape in story mode OR sharpen your skills and mind in practice mode.

Vocabulary Words

divisor

dividend

quotient

remainder

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Fluently Divide Multi Digit Numbers. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Understand that algorithms for multiplication and division are abbreviations for reasoning about quantities.

Decompose the dividend into base-ten units and find the quotient place by place, starting from the highest place.

Divide whole numbers – 2-digit divisors with and without remainders.

Divide whole numbers – 3 digit divisors with and without remainders.

Estimate quotients and adjust when necessary to be exact.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

In a division problem, which number is the divisor and which number is the dividend? After we complete a division problem, how can we use multiplication to check our answer for accuracy? What do we call the answer to a division problem? How are computations using division with multi-digit numbers useful in the real world?

After the Game

What happens to the number that is left over when we are finished dividing? How did the game help you review place value? How can you apply inverse operations in solving problems?