What does “equal sharing” mean in division?
Equal sharing is when you divide equally into groups.
What does “equal grouping” mean in division?
Drawing circles to represent the groups, and placing dots to represent the amount in each group.
How are multiplication and division related?
They are opposites. Both use equal groups.
A student says 18 ÷ 3 = 8. What mistake did they make?
18÷3=6
The first number in a division sentence is called the ________.
Dividend
Share 12 cookies among 4 friends. How many does each get?
3
Put 15 apples into groups of 3. How many groups?
5
3 × 4 = 12. Write two related division facts.
12÷3=4
12÷4=3
A student divides 16 by 4 and says the answer is 2. Is that correct?
No, the answer is 4.
Solve: 12 ÷ 2 = ?
6
If 20 pencils are shared equally into 5 groups, how many in each group?
4
If you have 24 chairs and make groups of 6, how many groups?
4
If 5 × 6 = 30, what division facts can you write?
30÷5=6
30÷6=5
Someone says 24 ÷ 6 = 2. What’s wrong?
24÷6=4
Solve: 35 ÷ 5 = ?
7
Explain how you know sharing is a way to divide.
Sharing divides equally into groups, which is what division is.
Why is equal grouping another meaning of division?
Equal grouping shows the whole number divided into equal groups.
Use an array to show 4 × 3 and the related division fact.
Fix this mistake: “I shared 20 cookies into groups of 5 and got 2 groups.”
I shared 20 cookies into groups of 5 and got 4 groups.
Write a related multiplication fact for 21 ÷ 7 = 3.
7x3=21
3x7=21
Show another example of equal sharing with your own numbers.
Answers evaluated by teacher.
Create your own equal grouping problem and solve it.
Explain how arrays help us see the relationship between multiplication and division.
Arrays organize equal groups into rows.
A student says multiplication and division are not related. Explain why they are.
Multiplication and Division both use equal groups. Multiplication is counting equal groups. Division is dividing into equal groups. They are opposites.
What is the answer to a division problem called?
quotient