What does dividing mean?

How can one explain dividing?

• "Divide" is simply a divided task, for example: 20: 5. Divide or Division as the associated noun are only the mathematical terms for this basic arithmetic function.
• However, many children have a hard time finding a division or Understand shared task. They often just don't know what to do (or guess the outcome of the task, a bad practice, there are just too many Counting...).
• In many math books the primary school the division is introduced as a division, e.g. sweets are distributed among several children. This is the same as the application behind dividing, but does not help in finding the solution. After all, you cannot distribute sweets to children or on plates for every task your child has.
• But there is a simple trick you can use to introduce your child to dividing. Just make a multiplication, i.e. a painting task, out of it.
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• For the example above it looks like this: Instead of 20: 5, the new, much simpler task is called 5 X? = 20. If your child has practiced the multiplication tables well, they not only know such tasks, but can also solve them. Otherwise you have to take a while Multiplication table use to find results.


Divide correctly - this is how mental arithmetic works

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• For the first steps of the shared task, it makes sense to assign the two task types side by side write, so always write down the painting task on the right, solve and then the result of the divided task to write. In the course of time and practice, dividing then "grinds" in, the corresponding painting task is only necessary for difficult tasks.
• Like all Basic arithmetic of course dividing must be practiced!