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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
numbers.
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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
x 3 =
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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 because
each 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:
7 ÷ 3 = 2 R1
÷ 3 = R
R1 means
there’s a
Remainder
of 1.
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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.
Remember from your 9 Times
Table that 9 x 3 = 27
Well, this is the Answer.
Now let’s see how it’s done.
27 ÷ 9 = 3
27 ÷ 9 = ?
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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 can
see that 36 is bigger
than 27.
So at 4 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
Answer is: 27 ÷ 9 = 3
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The next Division is 9 ÷ 2 = ?
You are Dividing 9 ÷ 2.
8 is smaller than 9 but 10 is
bigger. So what do you do now?
(1) From your
2 Times Table,
4 x 2 = 8 and
5 x 2 = 10.
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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 you
know 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 4 x 2 = 8
from the 9 in 9 ÷ 2.
9 – 8 = 1.
So your Remainder is 1.
The Answer is 9 ÷ 2 = 4 R1.
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Now that you know how to Divide
Numbers, you’ll need to Practice
often until you’re good at
Simple Division
before you move on to learn
Long Division.
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Try these 5 Divisions.
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(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.
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