Mathematics

Intermediate

50 mins

Teacher/Student led

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Teacher-led from the board. Pupils do not need a device, but can follow on one.

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Division as Grouping and the Times-and-share Link

Explore how division groups equal quantities and discover the multiplication–division fact family that links three numbers together using counters and number lines.

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1 Getting Started
2 Watch and Notice
3 Try It Together
4 Write the Fact Family in Your Copy
5 Class Challenge
6 What Did We Notice?
7 What's Next
Pupil practice

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Number line jumps

1 - Getting Started ~4 mins

Illustration for Getting Started Here are 12 counters on the board. How many groups of 4 can we make from them? And once you know that, what times fact does it match?

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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2 - Watch and Notice ~8 mins

We make equal groups from a pile of counters and read what we find two ways. Watch how a division question and a multiplication fact turn out to be the same three numbers.

First: how many fours are in 12? Then: how many fives are in 20? Look for the pattern between the groups you make and the times fact hiding underneath.

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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3 - Try It Together ~12 mins

Today we work these together on the number line: how many fives in 20, how many fours in 12, then how many threes in 18. Start at 0 and add equal jumps of the group size until the marker lands exactly on the total. Then count the arcs to say how many groups, and name the times fact it matches.

How many groups fit?

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4 - Write the Fact Family in Your Copy ~3 mins

COPYBOOK MOMENT

In your maths copy, write the fact family for 4, 5 and 20 — two multiplications and two divisions. Then do the same for 3, 6 and 18.

4 × 5 = 20
5 × 4 = 20
20 ÷ 4 = 5
20 ÷ 5 = 4

Now write all four sentences for 3, 6 and 18 the same way.

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Pupil practice

Module 2 · The Four Operations: Mental and Written Number

Lesson 27 · Division as Grouping and the Times-and-share Link

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