Step-by-step practice Maths textbook

Chapter 6: Division as sharing and grouping

  • Strand Division
  • Level Level 4
  • Practice 105 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: maths (Level 4). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Share a set of objects into equal groups and say how many are in each group (Year 4 paraphrase), Find how many equal groups can be made from a set, by grouping (MD2, Year 4 paraphrase), Write a division statement with the division sign and = (MD2), Show that division is the inverse of multiplication (MD2), Solve sharing and grouping problems, including correspondence problems (MD3).

Open Level 4 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Share a set into equal groups
  • Find how many equal groups can be made
  • Write a division statement from a picture
  • Use multiplication to check a division
  • Solve sharing and grouping problems

You should already know

  • Times tables 3 and 4 (chapter 4)
  • Times tables 6, 8 and 9 (chapter 5)

Where this leads

  • Fractions of wholes and equivalent fractions (chapter 7)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 6.1 Sharing into equal groups
  2. 6.2 Grouping: how many groups can be made?
  3. 6.3 Writing division statements
  4. 6.4 Division is the inverse of multiplication
  5. 6.5 Sharing and grouping problems
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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