Dividing by a Decimal is a family of tasks on decimals to help fifth graders understand decimal division. Students are given a statement where a whole number is divided by a decimal and are to critique the provided answer. Different variations of the question are provided with scaffolding and argumentation language to promote stronger critiques of the response that include a claim and evidence.

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