I know I am not alone in hating long division. I don't think I have met a students who begs me for more long division problems. It is the process where I see the most mistakes because there are so many steps to remember and they may make computation errors. Although most of our students may wish it, division isn't going anywhere.
I don't like doing countless pages of practice to combat mistakes in long division. Why? Because its boring. If someone handed me a page of long division problems to do by hand...I can already feel my anxiety rising just thinking about it.
Practice is still needed, but not in the form of a worksheet.
When I need lots of practice for a concept, there are two things I do: scavenger hunt around the room or BINGO.
Today, I am sharing a dividing whole numbers BINGO. To set this up, you need to print BINGO page for every student, the BINGO cards, and every student needs a dry erase marker.
If you are doing this in whole group, have students randomly place the numbers (which are the answers) in the BINGO board. Have them cross off answers as they place them in the boxes.
Randomly pull problem cards and display them for students to see. Students will work the problems with the dry erase marker either directly on their desk (my favorite way) or on dry erase boards. As they work, they should be able to talk to each other and work through their mistakes. You should also walk around the room looking for any issues. Even if all students are not finished with a problem, I display 2-3 problems at a time for students who work more quickly.
If the students don't have their answer on the card, they know they made a mistake somewhere.
Are there any concepts that you just dread teaching or practicing?
Dividing Whole Numbers BINGO
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