To teach struggling or beginning Math students how to divide correctly by remembering 5 letters (DMSBR - Does McDonalds Sell Burgers Round) that will walk them through the division process. KEY STEP: 1. They must put on their LIFE JACKET before getting on my boat:
LIFE JACKET:
1. Circle divisor
2.Write letters DMSBR to the side of each division problem and check off each step as they go (there may be 2 columns or more of check marks).
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They must practice 2 problems each night until division is a mastered skill for them. If they don't practice it, they are wasting your time and their future. The biggest problem they face is that there are so many sets of letters they must learn to do different Math skills that they don't know which set fits what skill when they see the test 2 months later. To remember that DMSBR is for division, they need to remember that the 5 letters start with a "D" for division.
The Division tips came from brilliant Math teachers that I worked with, from struggling Math students who taught me the steps that they had remembered, and from teachers who taught me 50 years ago (it still works -leave it alone).
