Are you looking for a relevant way for your students to practice division through distance learning?

In the midst of school closures around the world, many people watched as Americans panic bought toilet paper leaving store shelves closed. Whether it is a virus, hurricane, or winter storm that threatens to cut off resources to individuals, knowing what you need and how much are all related to math. Or, perhaps our students will just need to know how to determine which brand is the best to buy. Have you looked at toilet paper packaging? The math is confusing, so knowing price points are a perfect way for your students to understand if they truly are getting the best deal, emergency or not.

In this activity, students will review division through a series of 12 toilet paper themed questions. These word problems are all focused on division. They include both two and three digit divisors, decimal divisors, and decimals in the dividends.

Also included there is an extension project for home exploration into the habits of their own family. This will help them understand how many sheets they use everyday as a family, as well as how much toilet paper they actually need in an emergency.

Both a digital and paper resource are included (the paper resource is just a PDF of the slides at this time).

The digital piece was made in Google Slides and can be added to your Google Classroom for student use.