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Divide by 2, 5 and 10
Dividing by 2, 5 and 10: dot arrays, grouping and sharing word problems, and division facts.
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Each round is 10 questions, and takes 5 to 10 minutes.
Finished
Dividing by 2, 5 and 10: dot arrays, grouping and sharing word problems, and division facts.
Choose what to practise
Each round is 10 questions, and takes 5 to 10 minutes.
Finished
In Year 2, children learn the division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, and solve problems about sharing and grouping using objects, arrays and repeated addition. Multiplication can be done in either order, so 4 × 5 and 5 × 4 both make 20. Division cannot, because sharing 20 sweets between 5 children is not the same as sharing 5 sweets between 20.
Share it out, or make groups. 20 ÷ 5 can mean sharing 20 counters between 5 plates, which puts 4 on each plate. It can also mean putting the 20 counters into groups of 5, which makes 4 groups. Both ways give 4.
Division facts come from the times tables. For 30 ÷ 10, ask "10 times what makes 30?" Counting in 10s reaches 30 in 3 jumps, so 30 ÷ 10 = 3.
Watch out for answering with a number from the question. Given 20 sweets to put in bags of 5, some children say 5, perhaps because 5 is the number they can see in the question. Draw the 20 sweets and ring them in groups of 5, then count the rings. There are 4 rings, so the answer is 4 bags.
If your child is slow to answer 35 ÷ 5, practise the 2, 5 and 10 Times Tables again, because 35 ÷ 5 = 7 comes from 7 × 5 = 35.
In Year 3, children learn the 3, 4 and 8 times tables and the division facts that go with them. Every division in this game works out exactly. Divisions with something left over, such as 14 ÷ 4, which is 3 with 2 left over, are in the Stretch game Trickier Division and Multiplication.
The next game on the Multiplication and Division path is 3, 4 and 8 Times Tables.