Saturday, November 12, 2011

Division

Let's see what's really going on when we divide one number into another number.
6/3=
We start with 6 triangles:
6 triangles
We want to see how many chunks of 3 we can make out of 6 things!
We can divide 6 things into 2 chunks of 3.
6 triangles split into two sets of three triangles
6/3=2

Now, let's see how many times 2 will go into 6.
6/2=
Start with 6 squares:
6 squares
We want to see how many chunks of 2 we can make out of 6 things!
We can divide 6 things into 3 chunks of 2.
6 squares spit into three sets of two squares
6/2=3

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