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Division
5 Division

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to learn:

• division of numbers in the context of equal grouping and equal sharing.
• division facts using grouping and multiplication tables.
• relation between multiplication and division of numbers.

Division is dividing a number or distributing equal quantities into small equal groups. It is

denoted by the symbol ÷. Let’s understand how to divide equal quantities in equal groups.

Division Using Equal Grouping and Equal Sharing
A sports teacher carries a bag having 12 balls to distribute
among 4 players.

On giving 1 ball to each player, the teacher is left with 8
balls. So, he gives 1 more ball to each player.

He still has 4 balls. So, he gives 1 more ball to each player.

Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4

Observe that the sports teacher has distributed all 12 balls equally among 4 players. He
has divided 12 balls into 4 groups of 3 balls each.

It is written as 12 ÷ 4 = 3 and is read as twelve divided by four is equal to three.
Example 1: Alisha wants to distribute 15 stickers equally among 5 friends. How many

stickers will each friend get?
Solution: Since there are 5 friends, Alisha starts distributing the stickers as shown.

First Alisha gives 1 sticker to each friend.

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