Sharing Garden — Lesson 95: Division facts practice
Sharing a two-digit number →Lesson 95: Division facts practice for kids
Level 8, Sharing Garden. Sharing facts made on the beads. Can you get five in a row?
What your child does, card by card
Division facts practice. Practice day! PlayBuddy opens the lesson: “Practice time. Let's get quicker and better.”
First a reminder (“20 ÷ 4”): the beads build 20, 10, 16, 11, 12, 2, 8, 3 and 4, ring by ring, while your child watches. Take 4 away five times. 20 ÷ 4 = 5.
Try it: your child works out 18 ÷ 3 and 35 ÷ 5, with a green ring on the next bead to move.
Five in a row: a mission of 8 tasks with a count of right answers in a row, with the best kept. Your child must work out 24 ÷ 6, 28 ÷ 4, 63 ÷ 9, 40 ÷ 8, 42 ÷ 6, 27 ÷ 3, 70 ÷ 7 and 32 ÷ 8.
Then the beads hide and the sums 24 ÷ 3, 36 ÷ 4 and 35 ÷ 7 are done in the head, the answer picked from 5, 8 and 9.
You're ready! Sharing facts, five in a row.
What this lesson trains
About five minutes and 13 answers. Altogether the child makes 16 bead moves (7 with the top bead, 9 with bottom beads). Up to 10, read and set from the left. Then 3 quick looks in your head.
It starts with doing: work out 18 ÷ 3 and 35 ÷ 5.
The sum sheet
The lower window shows the column as a child would write it on paper: one number under another, the current line in yellow, ticks on the lines done. The abacus carries the running total from line to line.
What PlayBuddy and PlayType say
PlayBuddy: “Dividing means sharing fairly.”
Stars
13 answers: 1 slip still gives three stars; up to 3, two stars.