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Divide it up: grouping tool

Divide it up: grouping tool

TLF ID L2810

Use a dividing tool to make equal shares of stationery such as pens, pencils or crayons. Complete a sentence describing a number operation. For example, pack 24 crayons into packets of 5. Predict how many packets are needed and identify how many items are left over.

Tags: Division YR4 and 5 group
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Educational details

Educational value
  • Models problems involving grouping division (repeated subtraction).
  • Provides a framework for students to make and test predictions.
  • Illustrates remainders expressed as whole numbers.
  • Models the composition of number sentences to represent a problem and solution.
Year level

3; 4; 5

Topics Division Remainders Mental arithmetic Mixed numbers Multiplication tables Commutativity Distributivity Written calculations
Learning area
  • Mathematics

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: CADRE Design
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  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.cadre.com.au/
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  • Person: Erica Dale
  • Description: Script writer
  • Person: Jenni Way
  • Description: Subject matter expert
  • Person: Vince Wright
  • Description: Educational validator
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia (CC BY-SA 3.0 AU) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/.