7. Division 1 Talk About Division is a mathematical operation in which a number is shared into equal parts.
1. Discuss: How would you share out these grapes equally between the four children below?
2. Draw the grapes into the children’s boxes.
‘Divided by’ and ‘shared between’ mean the same thing. We can say, 8 grapes divided by (or shared between) 4 = ?
Or 8 ÷ 4 = Strand: Number
Curriculum Objectives: Develop an understanding of division as sharing and as repeated subtraction (of groups of 2, 4 and 8), without and with remainders;
develop division facts within 100;
divide a one-digit or a two-digit number by 2, 4 and 8, without and with remainders;
solve and complete practical tasks and problems involving division of whole numbers.