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In this activity, we will be dividing simple numbers.
Example
If we ask how many groups of 4 you can make from 32 children, you simply divide 32 by 4 and can easily calculate the answer knowing your times tables.
Answer
32 ÷ 4 = 8 since we know that 8 × 4 = 32 and that multiplication is the opposite of division.
Let's try another one.
Example 2
We have 20 cats! We want to put the cats into groups of 5. How many groups of 5 will we have?
Answer
We need to work out 20 ÷ 5
We can use our 5 times table here! What do we multiply by 5 to get the answer 20?
4 x 5 = 20, so 20 ÷ 5 = 4
So, we can divide the cats into 4 groups of 5.
Did that make sense?
Knowledge of your times tables will definitely help you with these questions!
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