Understanding Equal Grouping in Division | 3rd Maths Term 3 Unit 2

Understanding Equal Grouping in Division | 3rd Maths Term 3 Unit 2

Numbers | Term 3 Chapter 2 | 3rd Maths - Equal Grouping

Chapter: 3rd Maths : Term 3 Unit 2 : Numbers

Equal Grouping

Understanding Equal Grouping in Division

Division can also be done by Equal grouping.

This is Rangamma’s shop.

She used to arrange the vegetables into equal groups called as kooru to sell them.

Rangamma's vegetable shop

1. Rangamma has 40 lemons and arranged 5 lemons in each group. Shall we find the number of groups by grouping the lemons.

Grouping of 40 lemons into groups of 5

Show this in the given number line.

Number line showing division of 40 by 5

The number statement can be written as 40 ÷ 5 = 8


2. Rangamma has 36 coconuts and arranges them into group of 4 each. Find the number of groups.

Grouping of 36 coconuts into groups of 4

The number line can be drawn as

Number line showing division of 36 by 4

The number statement is 36 ÷ 4 = 9


3. Rangamma has got 48 gooseberries and arranges them into group of 6 each. Find the number of groups.

Grouping of 48 gooseberries into groups of 6

The number line can be drawn as

Number line showing division of 48 by 6

The number statement is 48 ÷ 6 = 8


4. Find few other ways that Rangamma can group these 48 gooseberries and write the number statements.

a. 48 ÷ 1 = 48

b. 48 ÷ 2 = 24

c. 48 ÷ 3 = 16

d. 48 ÷ 4 = 12

e. 48 ÷ 6 = 8

f. 48 ÷ 8 = 6

g. 48 ÷ 12 = 4

h. 48 ÷ 16 = 3

i. 48 ÷ 24 = 2

j. 48 ÷ 48 = 1