Identify how many equal parts a whole has been divided into | Maths

Starter quiz

Which set has an odd number of counters?

A ✓

B
How many counters in the array?

'12' ✓
Look at the sequence of months. Which season is missing?

Spring ✓

Summer

Autumn

Winter
How many intervals has the line been split up into?

3 ✓

4

2
What is 12 divided by 2? Use your times tables facts

'6' ✓
What is 12 divided by 4? Use your times tables facts.

'3' ✓

Exit quiz

Which of these wholes has been divided into equal parts?
Look at the picture. What’s the whole?

A line ✓

A shape

A quantity
Look at the image. What's the whole?

A line

A shape ✓

A quantity
How many equal parts has this whole been divided into?

'3' ✓
How many equal parts has this whole been divided into?

'3' ✓
Which of these wholes has been divided into 6 equal parts?

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Key learning points

The whole has been divided into __ equal parts.
The whole can be one shape or a group of objects.
A whole can be divided into equal parts in different ways.

Common misconception

Children may have difficulty identifying the number of parts when dealing with cardinality and quantity. For example, dividing a class up into equal groups.

Use a bar model to show a number of children being divided into equal parts. The bar model will then link to the paper strips in the slides.

Keywords

Whole - The whole is all the parts or everything, the total amount.
Part - A part is some of the whole.
Equal - We say that two or more things are equal if they have the same quantity or value.
Unequal - We say that two or more things are unequal if they do not have the same quantity or value.