Tag: Maths

Delicious Division 3

My maths task for today was about division. I had to divide in order to find out the answer.

Here is my task!

Delicious Division

We are learning to solve division equations using our knowledge of multiplication.

Multiplication practice:

56 ➗ 8 = 7            72 ➗ 9 = 8               44 ➗ 11 = 4

45 ➗ 9 = 5             64 ➗ 8 = 8               56 ➗ 7 = 8

35 ➗ 5 = 7            144 ➗ 12 = 12            27 ➗ 3 = 9

Justus has 175 chocolates. He would like to share them between 5 friends. How many chocolates will they get each?

  • 175 ➗ 5 =             100 ➗ 5 = 20       70 ➗ 5 = 14       5 ➗ 5 = 1         20 + 14 + 1 = 35

Cooking club have made 231 cookies that will be shared between 7 students. How many cookies will each student receive?

  • 231 ➗ 7 =        231 – 210 = 21     210 ➗ 7 = 30      21 ➗ 7 = 3      30 + 3 = 33

Amelia has made 240 mini pineapple pies. She is sharing them between 12 friends. How many pies will each friend receive? 

  • 240 ➗ 12 = 20 

Tamati has 360 fidget spinners to share between 12 friends. How many will they receive each?

  • 360 ➗ 12 =       36 ➗ 12 = 3      3 x 10 = 30

Mrs Vaafusuaga has ordered 81 tennis balls. They are in cans of 3 balls. How many cans should there be?

  • 81 ➗ 3 =       21 ➗ 3 = 7     60 ➗ 3 = 20      20 + 7 = 27

Atareita has 891 lollies. She would like to make 9 lolly leis. How many lollies can you use to make each lei?

  • 891 – 81 = 810        810 ➗ 9 = 90       81 ➗ 9 = 9        90 + 9 = 99