Grade 2

What is division?

division

Sharing an amount into equal groups.

For example

Sharing 12 sugar cakes among 3 children is division, 4 each.

In Grade 2

Children share real objects out one at a time until everyone has the same, before writing anything down.

Watch out for

Children often stop sharing when the piles look about right. Keep going until nothing is left or the remainder is named.

Say it at home

Share snacks between everyone at the table and ask whether each person got the same.

Younger children may meet this as: sharing out.

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