Division with equal groups

What they’re learning

Your child is learning that division can mean sharing equally or finding how many equal groups can be made. It is closely connected to multiplication facts.

Explain it to my child

If 18 crackers are shared equally among 3 people, each person gets 6. The same fact can be written 18 ÷ 3 = 6 and 3 × 6 = 18.

Try it together

Use 20 small objects. Give your child a number of groups to make, such as 4 equal groups. Then reverse it: give a group size, such as groups of 5, and ask how many groups can be made.

Practice

1. 18 ÷ 3 = ?
2. 24 objects are shared among 6 people. How many each?
3. How many groups of 4 can be made from 20?
4. Write the multiplication fact related to 21 ÷ 3 = 7.
5. A bag has 16 marbles split equally into 2 groups. How many in each group?

Check understanding

• Can your child model division with actual objects?
• Can they connect a division fact to a multiplication fact?