To understand division by two, let's consider a simple example with frogs.
Imagine we have 6 frogs.
To divide them by 2, we split them into two equal groups.Each group will have 3 frogs, so 6 divided by 2 equals 3 (6 ÷ 2 = 3).This is akin to the multiplication fact: 3 x 2 = 6.
Example 1: Sharing Spiders
Sindhu and Selasi have 16 spiders between them. They share them equally. How many do they each get?
There are 16 spiders altogether.Divided them into two equal groups.
There are 8 spiders in each group. So you can say that:
16 ÷ 2 = 8
Sindhu and Selasi each get 8 spiders.
Example 2: Cakes Division
Here are 10 cakes.
Dividing them by 2, we distribute them equally into two groups.
With 5 cakes in each group, 10 divided by 2 equals 5 (10 ÷ 2 = 5).
Correlating this with multiplication: 5 x 2 = 10.
Division is about splitting a number into equal parts.
It involves two main methods:
Sharing involves distributing objects equally among a specified number.
For example:
Given 15 counters, distributing them equally onto 3 plates.
How many counters are there on each plate?Each plate will have 5 counters.
Mathematically, this is represented as 15 ÷ 3 = 5.
Grouping is about finding how many groups of a certain size can be made from a given number.
For instance:
Considering 15 counters, determining how many groups of 3 can be formed.
There are 5 groups of 3 counters each.
This is expressed as 15 ÷ 3 = 5.
Example: Let’s look at dividing by 5 by grouping.
What is 30 ÷ 5?
I need 30 objects and I need to put them into groups of 5.
The answer is the number of equal groups you have after grouping all your objects.
Here are 30 cubes.
How many groups of 5 are there?
There are 6 equal groups of 5. So:
30 ÷ 5 = 6
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