- 1. Put Into Equal Groups
Put a total into equal groups to find how many groups. Count back by the group size, write the sentence with the divide sign, and check with times.
- 2. Share Equally
Share a total equally between groups to find how many in each. Deal round by round, write the sentence with the divide sign, and check with times.
- 3. Sharing or Grouping? Three Names
See that one divide sentence can tell a sharing story or a grouping story. Learn the words dividend, divisor and quotient, and see why divide does not turn round.
- 4. Think Multiplication: the 2, 5 and 10 Tables
Use the times tables backwards to divide. Divide by 5 by thinking how many 5s, divide by 2 by halving, and divide by 10 by counting tens.
- 5. Halve and Halve Again: the 4 and 8 Tables
Divide by 4 by halving twice and by 8 by halving three times. Check by doubling back.
- 6. The ÷3 and ÷6 Tables
Divide by 3 with the 3s times facts. Divide by 6 by dividing by 3 and then halving. Check by times 3, then double.
- 7. The ÷9 and ÷11 Tables
Divide by 9 using ten nines, and by 11 using repeated digits.
- 8. Split the Number: the ÷7 and ÷12 Tables
Divide by 7 and 12 by splitting the dividend into two pieces you know, dividing each, and adding.
- 9. Left Over: Remainders
Find the remainder when things do not divide exactly. The remainder is smaller than the divisor. Check with times and add. Decide what to do with the left over.
- 10. Divide Multiples of 10
Divide tens by saying it in tens: 60 ÷ 3 is 6 tens ÷ 3 and 120 ÷ 30 is 12 tens ÷ 3 tens. Open a ten to share what will not share out.
- 11. Does It Divide Exactly?
Know that a number divides exactly when the remainder is 0, and use the last digit to test for 2, 5 and 10.
- 12. Solve It with Division
Use division to solve stories: decide sharing or grouping, times or divide, find a missing number, work in two steps and decide what to do with a left over.
