This week, the year 8’s and I have been working on a math topic all about long division. Our learning intention was to learn the steps and how to solve the equations with ease. It is a easy but complicated way of solving division problems. This way of solving is oftenly used for difficult equations such as 456 divided by 5. During this topic, I noticed that my classmates who were new to long division struggled to remember the steps, but got it in the end after lots of practice.
Here is how the book taught us:
When you were younger, you probably called division “sharing” and wrote number sentences such as 25 shared by 4 = 6 remainder 1, or 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1.
Here are four words that are used to describe division:
The dividend i s the starting number – the one that is going to be divided.
The divisor is the number that the dividend will be divided by.
The quotient is the result of the division.
The remainder is what is left after the dividend has been split up.
The steps for long division is divide, multiply, subtract, bring down, and repeat.
When we got the opportunity to answer some long division questions, me and my table used collaboration and we worked together to remember the steps. After some teaching from me and Maiya, the rest of our table eventually got the hang of it, although some learned it at home.
I really had fun with this topic, and I know this will help me in my future math equations.
Kia ora, I really like how clearly you explained long division and worked with others; your teamwork and teaching others show strong understanding. How does explaining the steps to others help you learn the process more deeply?
To make your writing even stronger, tidy a few small spelling errors and add a clear learning intention at the start so readers know your focus straight away. This is making me so excited.