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Andrea Roos Sara Brownlie Megan Robinson Introduction For our unit we chose to concentrate on multiplication and division at upper elementary grades. The topics of multiplication and division are important because they build off students’ prior knowledge of addition and subtraction. Both concepts have real life applications that students need to learn in order to apply to their own lives. One can hook the student’s interest by posing an extremely hard addition problem but, it could be easily solved by using multiplication. The teacher could stump the students in order to foster their interest in the subject. Multiplication and division supports the principles and standards for school mathematics as established by the National Council of Mathematics. This unit relates to the following: NCTM Standards Numbers and Operations Standard Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another. Students will explore the meaning of multiplication and division through several lessons and different thought processes. Students will then find the relationship between these two operations. Students will see the relationship between repeated addition and multiplication and between repeated subtraction and division. Problem Solving Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving. Using prior knowledge of repeated addition and subtraction students will use problem solving to develop an understanding of multiplication and division. Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems. Students will be provided opportunities to use a variety of resources including tables, arrays, manipulatives, and other various supplies to help students solidified their knowledge and vary their use of strategies. Illinois State Goals State Goal 6-Number Sense Benchmark 6.B.2 Solve one-and two-step problems involving whole numbers, fractions and decimals using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The scope of our unit i