What is Division? | Division Concepts for Kids

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What is Division? | Division Concepts for Kids
12 min3rd4thMath
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Summary

What is Division? — a Rock 'N Learn lesson on sharing into equal groups. Kids learn what division means and how it undoes multiplication, with clear examples and a catchy beat.

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Dividing means splitting into equal groups — the opposite of multiplying. Share objects out evenly.

  1. If you share 12 objects into 3 equal groups, how many are in each?
  2. How is division the opposite of multiplication?
  3. What is left over if the groups don't come out even?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: divide, equal groups, share, quotient.

Try it: Take 12 objects and share them into equal groups two different ways. Write the division fact for each.