Division Skit Intro

The Great Divide

Yep, we’re going to talk about dividing

Do you want to know how to divide?

Well, it’s kind of like the opposite of multiplying

When you divide

You break up the numbers into equal groups or sets

It shows you how many times or how many equal parts you can

have out of a certain number

For example:

I have 12 candy bars and 6 of you

I can divide to see how many candy bars each of you can have

So that you can have the same number

So that it can be fair, right?

Now I can do it the long way and give each of you one until I

have given them out equally

Or I can divide and see how many each of you get faster

So here are the 12 candy bars

How many groups of 6 can I get out of 12?

Let’s count, there’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 candy bars

Ok, see if there’s another set of 6 or another group of 6 in our 12

candy bar count

And there is, I have 6 right here

So I have 6 candy bars here on the left

And 6 candy bars on the right

How many groups of 6 that you see?

That’s right, 2!

So that means the 6 of you can have 2 candy bars a piece

Therefore 12 divided by 6 = 2

Ok, let’s try this

Remember when we multiplied 3 times 5 and we got 15

Ok, let’s divide 15 by 3

To me that says how many groups of 3 I can get out of 15

I have 15 rocks. How many groups of 3 can I get out of the 15

rocks?

Ok, let’s see. There’s 1, 2, 3

Since we’re looking for groups of three we’ll put thosw right there

Then here’s another 1, 2, 3 we’ll put them there.

There’s 1,2, 3 and we’ll put them there.

Here’s another 1, 2, 3 and we’ll slide them right over there

So I have 3 left, so now let’s count our groups of three out of the

15 rocks that I have

And that’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. We have 5 groups

So 15 divided by 3 = 5 because we have 5 groups of three out of

the 15 rocks we started with

15/3=5

I think you’re getting it

Now, let’s break it down and listen