Starter quiz
- Look at the counters. How many counters are there in each group? ______ counters
- '3' ✓
- Look at the counters. How many equal groups are there? ______ groups
- '2' ✓
- Look at the equation. Match each number with what it tells us.
- 12⇔whole ✓
- 2⇔number of groups ✓
- 6⇔size of each group ✓
- 4 is equal to ___
- 4 × 4
- 1 × 4 ✓
- 1 × 8
- 2 x 2 ✓
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- 6 is equal to 2 groups of ______
- '3' ✓
- 14 is equal to 2 groups of ______
- '7' ✓
Exit quiz
- What number is the whole? 10 is divided into groups of 2
- '10' ✓
- There are 8 cookies. 2 cookies are put into each bag. Which statement matches this story?
- 8 is divided into groups of 2 ✓
- 2 is divided into groups of 8
- 18 is divided into groups of 2
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- Which symbol is used for division?
- +
- −
- ÷ ✓
- ×
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- There are 20 cakes. 10 cakes are put into each box. Which division expression matches this story?
- 20 ÷ 10 ✓
- 10 ÷ 20
- 20 − 10
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- The cakes have been divided into equal groups. What number is missing from the division expression? 20 ÷ ______
- '5' ✓
- The cakes have been divided into groups. What number is missing from the division expression? ______ ÷ 5
- '15' ✓
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Key learning points
- Dividing into equal groups can be recorded as a division expression.
- 8 divided into groups of 2 can be recorded as 8 ÷ 2
- The whole can be divided by the number of objects in each group.
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse the size of each group with the number of groups when reading and understanding an expression.
Focus on the whole and dividing this into groups of a certain size, modelling this with visual representations, without discussing the number of groups at this point.
Keywords
Division - Division means splitting into equal parts or groups.
Expression - An expression is a group of numbers and symbols without an equals sign.
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