Maths playground · 24/50 · Ages 8–10

The pebble-sharing game

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Fox shares twelve pretend pebbles equally among three friends. Give one pebble to each friend, again and again. Equal sharing is one way to understand division.

What you will discover

Division can share a total into equal groups.
A fair number-sharing puzzle gives each group the same amount.

English vocabulary

divide: chia
equal: bằng nhau

Let’s play

12 pebbles shared among 3 friends: how many each?

See the explanation

4 + 4 + 4 = 12. Each friend receives four pebbles.

Practise touch typing

Place your hands on F and J and type this sentence using ten fingers.

Twelve shared by three is four each.

Two little quiz questions

1. Which multiplication checks 12 ÷ 3 = 4?

3 × 4 = 12
3 × 3 = 12
12 × 4 = 3

Answer and explanation

3 × 4 = 12. Three groups of four rebuild the total.

2. Equal sharing means…

Each group gets the same number
One friend gets everything
Nobody gets any

Answer and explanation

Each group gets the same number. Equal groups have matching amounts.