The kids were required to show their pre-problem estimations, their "guessing and checking" to find the answer, and their "checking" of their work by multiplying and adding.
LOL, if this is anything like partial quotients, I'm right there with you. I saw the phrase "guess and check" on another thread and wasn't sure what it was, until shortly after I heard DS use the phrase as he was working through some problems. DS has a hard time with the newer methods, but seems to get the traditional method just fine.
By halfway through the page, I told DD just to use the standard long division procedure that she already knew how to do. I'll take responsibility for any fallout - I hope they were just trying to avoid the calculator issue.
I probably would have done the same thing.
What does math homework look like for other 5th graders out there?
Not 34 multiple-digit division problems....maybe 10 or so, especially if showing work is required.
