Sharing Cookies Equally With Friends
Learning to divide and share fairly Year 1 Mathematics
What Does 'Equal' Mean?
Everyone gets the same amount No one gets more than others Fair sharing for everyone
Let's Count Our Cookies!
Each pair gets 12 cookies Count them together Make sure you have 12
The Big Question
3 friends come over to play How can we share 12 cookies equally? What do you think?
Share the Cookies - Try It!
Put cookies into 3 equal groups One group for each friend Count how many in each group
Let's Check Our Answer
Count the cookies in each group Group 1: 4 cookies Group 2: 4 cookies Group 3: 4 cookies
How Did You Figure It Out?
What strategy did you use? Did you count one by one? Did you make groups first?
New Challenge - 6 Friends!
Now 6 friends come over Still have 12 cookies How many cookies for each friend?
6 Friends Solution
Make 6 equal groups Each friend gets 2 cookies 12 ÷ 6 = 2
Even Bigger Challenge!
What if we had 18 cookies? And 3 friends? Work it out together!
What We Learned Today
{"left":"Equal means everyone gets the same\nWe can share by making groups\nCount to check our answer","right":"Division helps us share fairly\n12 ÷ 3 = 4\n12 ÷ 6 = 2"}
Remember
Sharing equally means everyone gets the same amount and feels happy!
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