The TimesQuest cast
Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.
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Arlo Multiplication — equal groups & arrays — a tidy ant who marches a crew into equal rows to make an array; repeated equal groups IS multiplication (CCSS 3.OA) -
Divi Division — a fair-minded otter who deals a pile out into equal groups; division is the array shared back out, and the inverse of a times fact (CCSS 3.OA) -
Parti Distributive / break-apart → fluency — a beaver who splits a hard fact into two easy known ones (7×8 = 7×5 + 7×3) and adds the parts (CCSS 3.OA.B.5) -
Una Unit fractions on the number line — a green inchworm who cuts a whole into exactly equal steps and stands on the line; 1/4 is a number, a place (CCSS 3.NF) -
Mosa Area & the array–area link — a slow, sure tortoise who tiles a rectangle with unit squares; area IS rows × columns, and the edge is perimeter (CCSS 3.MD) -
Zola Fact fluency (anti-shame) — a quick roadrunner who practices a fact till it pops; speed is a gift of kind practice, never a timed test, never a race lost (CCSS 3.OA.C.7) -
Marlo Mentor — a big-eared fennec fox who keeps the Times Workshop; meets every wrong answer with 'show me your thinking', never a sting; a mistake is a map, not a verdict