Equal Sharing & Division Word Problems – Year 3 Maths (Multiplication & Division Linked)

🎓 Mathematiacal Modelling – Year 3 (ACARA Code : AC9M3N06)
🎯Focus:
📌 Solve equal sharing division problems
📌 Represent solutions using ÷ and × number sentences
📌 Check solutions by counting in each group

Key Ideas (Quick Guide)

⭐ Equal sharing → division
⭐ Multiplication can check your division
⭐ Different group sizes may produce multiple solutions
⭐ Diagrams help visualize the problem Word problems tell a maths story

🎥Video Lessons

https://youtu.be/ZR9boY5ANuE

💡 Video Tips:

👀 Draw groups/arrays first
✏️ Choose the correct number of groups
➕ Use multiplication to check your division
🗣️ Explain what each number means

🧩 Mini Quiz – Quick Check

Try these after watching the video:

❓Question 1: 24 ÷ 4 = ?

✅ Answer: 6

❓Question 2: 36 ÷ 6 = ?

✅ Answer: 6

❓Question 3: 48 ÷ 8 = ?

✅ Answer: 6

❓Question 4: 56 ÷ 7 = ?

✅ Answer: 8

❓Question 5: Explain in 1 sentence how multiplication checks division?

✅ Answer: Multiplication checks division because multiplying the quotient by the divisor (plus any remainder) returns the original dividend, verifying the division is correct.

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