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Year 2

Skip count to find the group size in a sharing problem

I can skip count to find the group size in a sharing problem.

New
New
Year 2

Skip count to find the group size in a sharing problem

I can skip count to find the group size in a sharing problem.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Skip counting can help to solve a sharing problem.
  2. The whole is shared equally with one object being given to each group.
  3. The size of each share is the number of times you have counted.

Common misconception

Pupils may forget to stop their count when giving an answer to a sharing problem.

Emphasise the whole when writing equations and discussing problems. We count in 2s, 5s or 10s until we reach that whole. Stress that if we go further, we share more than we have to begin with.

Keywords

  • Equal - Equal means having exactly the same amount or value.

  • Share - Share means to split into parts.

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
2 dogs share 10 biscuits equally. How many biscuits do they each get?
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2
3
4
Correct answer: 5
Q2.
Jun uses skip counting to share 20 fish between 10 penguins. Each penguin gets fish.
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Correct Answer: 2
Q3.
Aisha uses skip counting to share 30 nuts between 10 mice. Each mouse gets nuts.
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Correct Answer: 3
Q4.
Jun shares 12 nuts equally between 2 mice. What number completes Jun’s answer? twos is each. That’s 12
Correct Answer: 6
Q5.
18 nuts are shared equally between 2 mice. Each mouse gets nuts.
Correct Answer: 9
Q6.
30 biscuits are shared equally between 5 dogs. Each dog gets biscuits.
Correct Answer: 6

6 Questions

Q1.
Jun uses skip counting to share 20 nuts between 5 mice. Use his count to help you work out how many nuts each mouse gets.
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2
3
Correct answer: 4
5
Q2.
12 biscuits shared between 2 dogs is equal to biscuits each.
Correct Answer: 6
Q3.
40 fish are shared equally between 10 penguins. Each penguin gets fish.
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Correct Answer: 4
Q4.
5 dogs share 35 biscuits between them. Each dog gets biscuits.
Correct Answer: 7
Q5.
Bamboo comes in bunches of 10 10 pandas share 3 bunches of bamboo. Each panda gets pieces of bamboo.
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Correct Answer: 3
Q6.
Complete the division equation to describe how Aisha shared the counters. 10 ÷ = 2
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Correct Answer: 5

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