Ray's New Primary Arithmetic · Lesson LII · Unit 6: Division
52. Sharing: the geese and the ducks
Goal: Your child shares a group equally and finds how many groups of a size can be made.
You'll need
- The book page (it has a picture of geese and ducks)
- About 20 small counters: dried beans, buttons, pennies or pebbles (the book suggests marbles, beans or pebbles)
What's in the book
A picture of five wild geese and twenty ducks, with questions such as "If twenty ducks were divided into four flocks, each having the same number, how many ducks would there be in each flock?"
The lesson, step by step
Talk about the picture
Count the geese and the ducks.
Share out
Put 20 beans down. Deal them into 4 piles, one at a time, like cards. How many in each pile?
How many groups?
Ask: How many groups of 5 can you make from 20? Make them and count the groups.
Book questions
Answer the five questions on the page with counters.
Afterwards
Share snacks out equally at home and ask how many each person gets.
Answers to the book's problems
1. 5 ducks. 2. 4 times. 3. 2 wings. 4. 2 times. 5. 2 flowers.
Worked out for this site from the scan. If a number in your copy differs, trust the book.