Surprise Box (sharing/division)

Have a box with some random objects with equal amounts to share.
Eg. 12 lollipops, 8 counters, 10 stickers.

How many people would I be able to share these lollipops between?

Call students up to model.

2 students – share lollipops out, did they get shared equally?

What about between 3 students?
Etc.
Keep going with different objects.

Model drawing it as an array, equal groups, repeated addition.

Surprise box!

You’re at your friend’s house and there’s a knock on the door with a box and a note

“you can keep this box but only if you SHARE it equally with your friend”

Slide 1 Enabling

Slide 2 Mid

Draw how this would look equally shared between you and your friend

Enabling – give counters for students to physically share.

Extension:
– Share between different amounts of people.

– Remainders, fractions, etc.

– solve the multiplication problem – 3×2 lollies

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