md y2 multiply divide

What you'll learn

1. 1

   In a word problem, decide first: are you putting equal groups together, or sharing them out?

2. 2

   "5 buses with 10 children each" puts groups together: 5 × 10 = 50. "50 children into 5 buses" shares out: 50 ÷ 5 = 10.

3. 3

   4 bags with 5 apples in each. How many apples?

4. 4

   Multiplying and dividing undo each other. If 4 × 5 = 20, then 20 ÷ 5 = 4 and 20 ÷ 4 = 5.

5. 5

   30 sweets into bags of 10. Are we sharing? Yes. 30 ÷ 10 = 3 bags. Check: 3 × 10 = 30. ✓

6. 6

   18 pencils shared equally between 2 pots. How many in each pot?

7. 7

   How do you check that 40 ÷ 5 = 8 is right?