Division in Year 6

At this level the focus should be on reinforcing existing knowledge and skills and building confidence in tackling word problems. Plenty of division can still be done mentally but written division is also very important. There are two main methods in Year 6 in relation to written division: the long...

Division in Year 5

Mental arithmetic is still very important in Year 5 with children consolidating dividing by 10 and 100 before going on to divide large numbers by 1,000. In Year 5 it all comes together, as children use the formal written method of short division to divide numbers up to 4-digits by...

Division in Year 4

More multiplication tables are introduced in Year 4, including the 7x and 9x tables. Knowing all multiplication tables will be invaluable when working with division in Year 4. The key being to understand the link between multiplication and division. In Year 4 children are expected to divide using much larger...

Division in Year 3

Activities similar to those in Year 2, such as dividing objects into groups, sharing out snacks, or solving real-life word problems, can make division more meaningful and relatable for children. Regular practice with division facts and reinforcement of the relationship between multiplication and division is essential for building fluency and...

Division in Year 2

Teaching division in Year 2 continues with the idea of sharing equally. It is important to use hands-on materials to provide concrete examples for children to visualise division problems; for example, sharing numbers of objects (counters, cubes etc) into equal groups. We have plenty of pages to encourage this before...

Division in Year 1

The work done on division in Year 1 is mainly of a practical nature, making equal groups from a given number of objects and sharing using 1:1 correspondence. Later pictorial representations can be used, and this is where our Year 1 division activities are really useful. Sharing into equal groups...