Welcome to Part 1 of
Dividing
Numbers.
“Simple
Division”.
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To learn how to
Divide numbers, you should
already have:
(1) Learned your Times Tables.
(2) learned to
Multiply big
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You can think of Dividing
numbers as the Opposite
of Multiplying numbers.
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For example, you know
that
2 Berries x 3 = 6 Berries
x3 =
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But what if you want
to
Share 6 Berries
evenly
between yourself and
two friends?
You’ll need to Divide the
6 Berries between 3
people.
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So you have 6 Berries
to
Divide between 3
People.
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It’s easy when you have
small numbers.
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Each person gets 2 Berries.
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You write division like
this.
6÷ 3=
2.
÷ =
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The Answer is 2
each
because
person gets 2 Berries.
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But what happens if
you have to Divide 7
Berries between 3
People.
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Each person still gets 2
Berries, but there is 1 Berry
left over
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The left over Berry Remains with
you.
It isn’t given to anyone.
That’s why it’s called the
Remainder.
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You write the Remainder Like
this: R1
7 ÷ 3 = 2 R1 there’s
means a
Remainder
of
1.
÷3 R
=
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But what if you have a lot
of berries to share between
a lot of people?
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That’s when you need
to do Division.
Let’s do these
two Divisions:
27 ÷ 9 =
9÷2=
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Here’s the first
one. 27 ÷ 9 = ?
Remember from your 9
Times Table that 9 x 3 = 27
Well, this is the Answer.
27 ÷ 9 = 3
Now let’s see how it’s
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Step (1): What Times Table to
Use?
27 ÷ 9
=?
÷
9 tells you
to use your
9 Times
Table.
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Step (2): Start at
1 x 9 = 9.
When you get to
4 x 9 = 36, you
see that 36 is
can
bigger
than 2 .
So at74 x 9 = 36,
you’ve gone too
far.
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Move back to 3 x 9 =
27.
Step (3): Because 27 is
exactly the number
that you are Dividing,
the
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The next Division 9 ÷ 2 = ?
is
(1) From your
42xTimes
2 = 8 an
Table,
5x2= d
10 .
You are 9÷ .
8 isDividing 2 10 is
smaller than 9 but
bigger. So what do you do now?
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(2) You use the 8 from 4 x 2 = 8. You
want to Divide 9 by 2 but there
isn’t a 9 in your 2 Times Table, so
youknow that there’ll be a
Remainder.
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(3) To find the Remainder,
you need to know what
number
Remains behind.
Subtract the 8 in 4x2=
8
from the 9 in 9 ÷ 2.
9 – 8 = 1.
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Now that you know how to
Divide Numbers, you’ll need
to Practice often until you’re
Simple
good at
Division
before you move on to
learn Long
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Try these 5
Divisions.
(a) 18 ÷ 6 = ?
(b) 11 ÷ 4 = ?
(c) 35 ÷ 5 = ?
(d) 86 ÷ 10 = ?
(e) 46 ÷ 7 = ?
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(Division a) 18 ÷ 6 = ?
(Step 1) You use your 6 Times
Table.
(Step 2) 3 x 6 = 18
(Step 3) The answer is 18 ÷ 6 = 3
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(Division b) 11 ÷ 4 = ?
(Step 1) You use your 4 Times
Table.
(Step 2) 4 x 2 = 8
(Step 3) 11 – 8 = 3
(Step 4) The answer is:
11 ÷ 4 = 2
R3.
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(Division c) 35 ÷5= ?
(Step 1) You use your 5 Times
Table.
(Step 2) 7 x 5 = 35
(Step 3) The answer is: 35 ÷ 5 = 7
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(Division d) 46 ÷ 7 = ?
(Step 1) You use your 7
Times Table.
(Step 2) 7 x 6 = 42
(Step 3) 46 – 42 = 4
(Step 4) The answer is:
46 ÷ 7 = 6
R4.
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In Part 2 of Dividing
Numbers you’ll learn to
Divide Big Numbers.
THANK YOU!
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