Imagine you have a plate of cookies and some friends. How do you give everyone the same amount, with none left in your hand?
That is called equal sharing
and in maths we write it using division ( ÷ ).
Tap Next ▶ to start sharing!
Sharing is fair when every person gets the same number of things.
6 strawberries 🍓 for 2 friends. Which plate-set is fair? Tap it!
A great trick for sharing: give one to each plate, go round again, and again — until your hand is empty.
Share 12 cookies between 3 plates. Tap the button to deal a round!
In your hand:
When you shared 12 cookies into 3 equal plates and got 4 each, maths writes it like this:
12 = how many you start with (the whole)
3 = how many groups you share into
4 = how many each group gets (the answer)
Read it out loud: “12 shared into 3 is 4.” 🗣️
🐶 10 bones are shared equally between 2 puppies.
Which sentence shows this sharing?
Sometimes there is a leftover — a bit that can't be shared equally. We call it the remainder.
Slide to share 7 sweets 🍬 between friends and watch what happens!
Friends: 2
Try every setting. When does it share with nothing left over?
Here's what you learned today:
Next time you split snacks with friends, you're really doing division! 🍪➗
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