Max Maths, Year 4, Work Book, Dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers

The 'Max Maths' workbook for Year 4 students includes a section dedicated to the concept of dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. In Practice 2, students are encouraged to apply their division skills through a series of engaging exercises. The first task involves a visual representation of counters, with each counter representing either ten or one. Students are asked to calculate the total value of the counters and then distribute them evenly across four boxes, starting with the tens. This exercise helps them to visualise the division process and to understand the concept of dividing quantities into equal groups. Once the counters are divided, students write a division sentence to express their findings, reinforcing the connection between practical and written methods of division.

Subsequent activities in the workbook guide students through various division problems, where they must divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers and write the quotient. For example, problems such as 78 ÷ 6 and 95 ÷ 5 require students to calculate the answers and fill in the blanks. The exercises progress in difficulty, including problems with larger numbers and different divisors. To ensure understanding and accuracy, one of the exercises asks students to check their answers from a previous question by using multiplication, thus verifying the inverse relationship between division and multiplication. The workbook continues with more division problems, challenging students to divide numbers such as 595, 696, and 798 by single-digit numbers, and then to record their answers, further solidifying their division skills.