New
New
Year 2

Use skip counting to solve a sharing problem

I can use skip counting to solve a sharing problem.

New
New
Year 2

Use skip counting to solve a sharing problem

I can use skip counting to solve 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. You can describe division problems e.g. 35 fish divided between 5 penguins is equal to 7 fish each.

Common misconception

Pupils may struggle to link sharing problems with a division equation.

Continue to stress that in sharing problems, the divisor represents the 'number of groups'. We are trying to find the 'size of each group'. It is important that pupils do not over generalise this to all division problems.

Keywords

  • Share - Share means to split into parts.

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

In this lesson, pupils learn to share 2, 5 or 10 things at the same time. This leads to use of skip counting on a number line to solve sharing problems. Pupils may need counters, cubes and large number lines to support their thinking in this lesson.
Teacher tip

Licence

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6 Questions

Q1.
2 dogs share 6 biscuits equally. How many biscuits do they each get?
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2
Correct answer: 3
4
5
Q2.
Which problem matches the picture?
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8 dogs share 2 biscuits.
4 dogs share 8 biscuits.
Correct answer: 2 dogs share 8 biscuits.
2 dogs share 4 biscuits.
Q3.
14 fish are shared equally between 2 penguins. Each penguin gets fish.
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Correct Answer: 7
Q4.
6 nuts are shared equally between 3 mice. Each mouse gets nuts.
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Correct Answer: 2
Q5.
10 fish are shared equally between 5 penguins. What number completes the equation? 10 ÷ 5 =
Correct Answer: 2
Q6.
20 nuts are shared equally between 5 mice. What number completes the equation? 20 ÷ 5 =
Correct Answer: 4

6 Questions

Q1.
5 dogs share 10 biscuits equally. How many biscuits do they each get?
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Correct answer: 2
3
4
5
Q2.
Jun shares 6 nuts equally between 2 mice. What number completes Jun’s answer? 1 two is 1 each. That’s 2... 2 twos is 2 each. That’s 4... twos is each. That’s 6
Correct Answer: 3
Q3.
Jun uses skip counting to share 15 biscuits between 5 dogs. Each dog gets biscuits.
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Correct Answer: 3
Q4.
Aisha uses skip counting to share 20 nuts between 10 mice. Each mouse gets nuts.
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Correct Answer: 2
Q5.
14 nuts are shared equally between 2 mice. Each mouse gets nuts.
Correct Answer: 7
Q6.
25 biscuits are shared equally between 5 dogs. Each dog gets biscuits.
Correct Answer: 5