However, we put our initial reservations aside and we tackled short division by using place value counters. We made the number and asked ourselves a simple question each time, how many groups of … can we make. If we had any counters left over, we exchanged them. With this simple method, we discovered short division isn’t scary but it’s easy! You can now see how much we LOVE doing division!
Kirstie Robertson
Year 5 Learning Leader