Skip count to find the group size in a sharing problem | Maths

Starter quiz

2 dogs share 10 biscuits equally. How many biscuits do they each get?

2

3

4

5 ✓
Jun uses skip counting to share 20 fish between 10 penguins. Each penguin gets ______ fish.

'2' ✓
Aisha uses skip counting to share 30 nuts between 10 mice. Each mouse gets ______ nuts.

'3' ✓
Jun shares 12 nuts equally between 2 mice. What number completes Jun’s answer? ______ twos is ______ each. That’s 12

'6' ✓
18 nuts are shared equally between 2 mice. Each mouse gets ______ nuts.

'9' ✓
30 biscuits are shared equally between 5 dogs. Each dog gets ______ biscuits.

'6' ✓

Exit quiz

Jun uses skip counting to share 20 nuts between 5 mice. Use his count to help you work out how many nuts each mouse gets.

2

3

4 ✓

5
12 biscuits shared between 2 dogs is equal to ______ biscuits each.

'6' ✓
40 fish are shared equally between 10 penguins. Each penguin gets ______ fish.

'4' ✓
5 dogs share 35 biscuits between them. Each dog gets ______ biscuits.

'7' ✓
Bamboo comes in bunches of 10 10 pandas share 3 bunches of bamboo. Each panda gets ______ pieces of bamboo.

'3' ✓
Complete the division equation to describe how Aisha shared the counters. 10 ÷ ______ = 2

'5' ✓

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Key learning points

Skip counting can help to solve a sharing problem.
The whole is shared equally with one object being given to each group.
The size of each share is the number of times you have counted.

Common misconception

Pupils may forget to stop their count when giving an answer to a sharing problem.

Emphasise the whole when writing equations and discussing problems. We count in 2s, 5s or 10s until we reach that whole. Stress that if we go further, we share more than we have to begin with.

Keywords

Equal - Equal means having exactly the same amount or value.
Share - Share means to split into parts.