With the cold dark days of winter here nothing like a taste of gingerbread to sweeten working with division in maths and we have just published new pages with a gingerbread theme for both Years 2 and 3.Year 2: understanding division by 10In Year 2 the questions revolve around packing gingerbread people into boxes of 10, often with some left over; a really practical way to see division and remainders.Go to Year 2 Division

Year 3: boxes of gingerbread peopleThe Year 3 work is much trickier, finding how many gingerbread people will fit in various sized boxes with no remainders. For example, can 24 gingerbread people be packed in boxes of 3 without leaving any remainder?Go to Year 3 Division