Our focus in Maths at the moment is divide. Divide means to share equally. Equal means the same.
This week we are dividing by 5. We have been looking at lots of number stories and discussing exactly what each number in our equations represent.
‘The 15 represents all of the eggs.”
”The 5 represents the eggs in each nest.”
”The three represents the number of nests.”
We drew part-whole models to show how many fives make up a number. When we are thinking about multiples of 5, we know that the ones column must have either a 0 or a 5 in it.
”54 is not a multiple of 5 because even though it has a 5 in it, it is in the tens column. It needs to be in the ones column to be a multiple of 5.” (BC, 2C)
Help at home: by writing out dividing equations and really discussing what each number represents!
Remember – We always put the ‘big’ number at the start of a divide equations. This is the number we are dividing/ sharing.