Big Number Crunch Division

Step 1
Children will understand equal groups and share items out in play and problem solving.

Step 2
Children will develop their understanding of division and use jottings to support calculation

Sharing equally 6 sweets shared between 2 people, how many do they each get?

Grouping or repeated subtraction There are 6 sweets, how many people can have 2 sweets each?

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Step 3
Repeated subtraction using a number line.

Step 4
Repeated subtraction using a number line Children will use an empty number line to support their calculation.

Children should also move onto calculations involving remainders.

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Step 5
Using symbols to stand for unknown numbers to complete equations using inverse operations.

Step 6
Short division TU U

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Step 7
Short division HTU U

Step 8
Short division giving remainders as fractions & decimals. Children to give quotient as a remainder, as a fraction and for key equivalents as a decimal.

All remainders to also be expressed as a fraction. Answers for halves, fifths, tenths, quarters, hundredths also to be expressed as a decimal.

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Step 9 Short division giving decimals answers.

83 8 =

Children to move on round answers to one or two decimal places if required. Step 10 Division of decimals

Short division of decimals. 87.5 7 =

Alternatively children could look to remove the decimal by multiplying the decimal by 10 or 100 etc. Then they use short division method, dividing the answers back by 10 or 100.

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Step 11
Long division HTU TU (Chunking)