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The ideas in this division lesson are taken from Division 1 ebook. Only a few examples of each problem type are shown; you should make more problems of each kind for the student.


Zero and one in division
Free lesson plan from HomeschoolMath.net

1 × 7 =  __

From the multiplication fact 1 × 7 =  7 we get two division facts:

7 ÷ 1 = 7

"If there are seven bananas and one person, the person gets 7 bananas."

7 ÷ 7 = 1

"If there are seven bananas and seven people, each person gets 1 banana."

From the multiplication fact 0 × 7 =  0 we get two division facts:

0 ÷ 7 = 0

0 ÷ 0 = 7

"If there are zero bananas and seven people, each person gets 0 bananas."

"If there are zero bananas and zero people, each person gets 7 bananas."

WHICH OF THE ABOVE IS WRONG???????


Dividing by ZERO does not make sense.  Think about these:

0 ÷ 0 = ??

"If there are zero bananas and zero people, each person gets ?? bananas."

5 ÷ 0 = ??

"If there are five bananas and zero people, each person gets ?? bananas."
12 ÷ 0 = ?? "If there are 12 bananas and zero people, each person gets ?? bananas."

If there are zero people, then there is no sense in talking how many bananas they might get.
You might suggest that perhaps 5 ÷ 0 = 0.  But that would imply that 0 × 0 =  5, which is not true!


 

Example problems

1. Do the divisions but cross out all the problems that are impossible.  You can think about dividing bananas between certain number of people to help you.

4 ÷ 1 =

4 ÷ 0 =

0 ÷ 1 =

0 ÷ 4 =

14 ÷ 14 =

14 ÷ 0 =

0 ÷ 14 =

14 ÷ 1 =

0 ÷ 5 =

10 ÷ 10 =

10 ÷ 0 =

10 ÷ 1 =



 2.  Remember how zero and one work in multiplication?

Multiplication is REPEATED ADDITION:

7 × 6 =  6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6  = 42

6 added seven times

Therefore,

6 × 1 =

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 6

          1 × 4 = 4 × 1 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4

1 added six times

1 added four times
 
5 × 0 = 

0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0

0 × 3 = 3 × 0  = 0 + 0 + 0 = 0

0 added five times

0 added three times

 
3.  For each division, make a multiplication sentence if possible.  Some divisions are not possible!

6 ÷ 1 =

  __ ÷ __ =

42 ÷ 7 = 

  __ ÷ __ =

0 ÷ 7 = 

  __ ÷ __ =

81 ÷ 9 =

  __ ÷ __ =

0 ÷ 0 =

  __ ÷ __ =

6 ÷ 6 =

  __ ÷ __ =

 
4.  For each multiplication, make a division sentence if possible.  Some divisions are not possible!

6 × 1 = __

__ ÷ __ = __

0 × 8 = __

__ ÷ __ = __

6 × 8 = __

__ ÷ __ = __

 

10 × 11 = __

__ ÷ __ = __

1 × 1 = __

__ ÷ __ = __

9 × 0 = __

__ ÷ __ = __



5.  Write a division OR multiplication sentence for each word problem.

a)  Grandma's chickens laid one day 60 eggs.  She divided them into 12-egg cartons.
How many cartons did she get?

 

 

b)  Each mini-van taxi can hold 7
passengers and there are 6 taxis
waiting on the airport.  How many
passengers can they take?

 

i)  Six children earned 36 dollars by doing yard work together.  They divide the money equally.  How much does each one get?

 

j).  Kathy needs to read a 27-page booklet.  She plans to finish it in three days.  If she reads the same amount each day, how many pages will she read each day?


What happens if she instead plans to finish it within a week?

 



6.  Fill the multiplication facts from the table of 7 and a corresponding division fact for each. Do the same for table of 6.

1 × 7 = __

2 × 7 = __

3 × 7 = __

4 × 7 = __

5 × 7 = __

6 × 7 = __

     

7 ÷ 7 = __

14 ÷ 7 = __

__ ÷ 7 = __

__ ÷ 7 = __

__ ÷ 7 = __

__ ÷ 7 = __

7 × 7 = __

8 × 7 = __

9 × 7 = __

10 × 7 = __

11 × 7 = __

12 × 7 = __

     

__ ÷ 7 = __

__ ÷ 7 = __

__ ÷ 7 = __

__ ÷ 7 = __

__ ÷ 7 = __

__ ÷ 7 = __

(and if you have forgotten ANY other multiplication table, do this same exercise for that table.)

Next lesson: when division is not exact/remainder in division

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