This task aligns to 3.OA.3 and focuses on how to equally put 30 items into equal groups. This is remixable. 

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A group of students want to make cards for 30 teachers in their school.

1.     If they want to make the same number of cards each, how many cards would 5 students make?

2.     To distribute the cards evenly, what other number of students could make cards?

3.     Could 4 students make and distribute 30 cards evenly? Explain your answer with words or models.

4.     Use your manipulatives to model the task. For every solution, write a division equation and draw a picture of your models.

Write a sentence explaining how you used manipulatives to solve this task.