What is Division?

Understand division as sharing equally and grouping

What You'll Learn

  • Understand division as equal sharing
  • Relate division to multiplication
  • Recognize division symbols and notation

📖Division is Sharing

Division is about splitting things into equal groups. When you divide 12 cookies among 3 friends, each friend gets 4 cookies. We write this as 12 ÷ 3 = 4.

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Think of division as the opposite of multiplication. If 3 × 4 = 12, then 12 ÷ 3 = 4 and 12 ÷ 4 = 3.