Explain the relationship between division expressions and division stories
I can use a division story to write a division expression.
Explain the relationship between division expressions and division stories
I can use a division story to write a division expression.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Dividing into equal groups can be recorded as a division expression.
- 8 divided into groups of 2 can be recorded as 8 ÷ 2
- The whole can be divided by the number of objects in each group.
Keywords
Division - Division means splitting into equal parts or groups.
Expression - An expression is a group of numbers and symbols without an equals sign.
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse the size of each group with the number of groups when reading and understanding an expression.
Focus on the whole and dividing this into groups of a certain size, modelling this with visual representations, without discussing the number of groups at this point.
Licence
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Starter quiz
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whole
number of groups
size of each group
Exit quiz
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