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How can we divide using equal groups?
Goal:
Goal:
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Goal: Define division and learn how to create equal groups.
Ava wants to make pictures of the unicorns from Unicorn Magic. She has 12 unicorn stickers. She wants to put the stickers into 4 equal groups.
Equal groups have the same number of items in them. When we put items into equal groups, we are dividing them. We divide by splitting up a big group of items and putting them into smaller equal groups. Click to see these 10 unicorns divided into 5 equal groups of 2!
We use a division sentence when we divide. It is a lot like what we write when we multiply! The division sentence has different parts. The total number is the first number. It is the dividend. There is a division sign after the dividend. The second number is the divisor. It is the number of equal groups. The quotient is the last number. It is the number in each group and the answer when we divide!
Look at the division sentence below. Click on the dividend. Remember, the dividend is the total number.
10
😄 Yes! This is the dividend!
5
🤔 No. This is the divisor.
2
🤔 No. This is the quotient.
Click through the slides below to see how Ava can divide the unicorns!
This picture shows Ava’s 12 unicorn stickers.
She wants to put her stickers in 4 equal groups. Ava will use 4 pieces of paper. Each piece of paper will have an equal group of unicorn stickers. Click Show Me to see!
Each piece of paper gets the same number of unicorns. We need to put unicorns on each piece of paper one at a time.
Let’s start with one unicorn on each page! Click Show Me to see!
Each piece of paper now has 1 unicorn. There are 8 unicorns left.
Now we can add another unicorn to each piece of paper. Click Show Me to see!
Each piece of paper now has 2 unicorns. There are 4 unicorns left.
The last 4 unicorns can go on each piece of paper. Click Show Me to see!
All of the unicorns are in equal groups on each piece of paper!
Question:
How many unicorns are in each equal group?
There are 3 unicorns in each equal group! That is because each piece of paper has 3 unicorns on it.
We can use the pieces of paper and the equal groups of unicorns to write a division sentence.
12 is the dividend. 4 is the divisor. 3 is the quotient. That means 3 is the answer!
Putting items into equal groups helps us to divide!