Year 2

Using the division symbol when sharing

Year 2

Using the division symbol when sharing

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will introduce division as sharing a number of items equally between a number of groups. We will also practise writing division equations.

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3 Questions

Q1.
Which equation best describes the array?
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3 + 5
5 - 3
Correct answer: 5 x 3
Q2.
Multiplication is commutative.
Correct answer: Always
Never
Sometimes
Q3.
Year 4’s book corner has five rows with two places in each. Year 5’s book corner has two rows with five places in each. Which book corner is bigger?
Correct answer: They are both the same
Year 4's book corner
Year 5's book corner

3 Questions

Q1.
Which division equation represents this array?
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Correct answer: 12 ÷ 3 = 4
3 ÷ 12 = 4
3 x 4 = 12
Q2.
When we are dividing by sharing we know _________.
the value of each part and how many parts
Correct answer: the value of the whole and how many parts there are
the value of the whole and the value of each part
Q3.
Division is commutative. True or false?
Correct answer: False
True