Short division Students can continue to use drawn diagrams with dots Begin with divisions that Use place value counters to divide or circles to help them divide numbers into equal groups. divide equally with no using the bus stop method alongside remainder. 42 ÷ 3= Start with the biggest place value, we are sharing 40 into three groups. We can put 1 ten in each group and we Move onto divisions with a have 1 ten left over. remainder. We exchange this ten for ten ones and Encourage them to move towards counting in multiples to then share the ones equally among the divide more efficiently. Finally move into decimal groups. places to divide the total accurately. We look how much in 1 group so the answer is 14.
Short division Use place value counters to divide using the bus stop method alongside 42 ÷ 3= Start with the biggest place value, we are sharing 40 into three groups. We can put 1 ten in each group and we have 1 ten left over. We exchange this ten for ten ones and then share the ones equally among the groups. We look how much in 1 group so the answer is 14. Students can continue to use drawn diagrams with dots or circles to help them divide numbers into equal groups. Encourage them to move towards counting in multiples to divide more efficiently. Begin with divisions that divide equally with no remainder. Move onto divisions with a remainder. Finally move into decimal places to divide the total accurately.