Use skip counting to solve a sharing problem | Maths | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

2 dogs share 6 biscuits equally. How many biscuits do they each get?

2

3 ✓

4

5
Which problem matches the picture?

8 dogs share 2 biscuits.

4 dogs share 8 biscuits.

2 dogs share 8 biscuits. ✓

2 dogs share 4 biscuits.
14 fish are shared equally between 2 penguins. Each penguin gets ______ fish.

'7' ✓
6 nuts are shared equally between 3 mice. Each mouse gets ______ nuts.

'2' ✓
10 fish are shared equally between 5 penguins. What number completes the equation? 10 ÷ 5 = ______

'2' ✓
20 nuts are shared equally between 5 mice. What number completes the equation? 20 ÷ 5 = ______

'4' ✓

Exit quiz

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

2 ✓

3

4

5
Jun shares 6 nuts equally between 2 mice. What number completes Jun’s answer? 1 two is 1 each. That’s 2... 2 twos is 2 each. That’s 4... ______ twos is ______ each. That’s 6

'3' ✓
Jun uses skip counting to share 15 biscuits between 5 dogs. Each dog gets ______ biscuits.

'3' ✓
Aisha uses skip counting to share 20 nuts between 10 mice. Each mouse gets ______ nuts.

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

'7' ✓
25 biscuits are shared equally between 5 dogs. Each dog gets ______ biscuits.

'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.
You can describe division problems e.g. 35 fish divided between 5 penguins is equal to 7 fish each.

Common misconception

Pupils may struggle to link sharing problems with a division equation.

Continue to stress that in sharing problems, the divisor represents the 'number of groups'. We are trying to find the 'size of each group'. It is important that pupils do not over generalise this to all division problems.

Keywords

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