Teaching Basic Division
Teaching long division is not difficult if your students already know their multiplication tables. Explain to your students that they are going to be practicing their multiplication facts backwards and write some examples on the board:
2 times what equals 8? 2 x ? = 8
2 x 4 = 8
Once you have answered several questions like this, tell the students that they have actually been solving division problems. 8 divided by 2= 4
and 8 divided by 4 = 2
Once students realize that division is simply backwards multiplication, it should not seem so scary to them.
When you get to bigger numbers, and for students who struggle with multiplication, get out some simple math manipulatives to teach the concept of division.
For example,if you have 8 pieces on your desk, how many equal groups of 2 can you make?
Divide the pieces into groups to find out, stressing that the groups must be equal and any that are left over are the remainder.
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