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Multiplication and Division
- Children’s initial ideas of multiplication are linked to combining a number of groups, each of which contain an equal number of items. This situation is referred to as repeated equal groups.
- Children’s initial ideas of division are linked to sharing a collection of items into equal groups.
- Children should be provided with experiences involving making equal groups and sharing a given number of items into a specified number of groups.
- Activities can involve everyday materials and situations.
- Multiplication and division begins with simple notions or equal groups and sharing.
- Children need experience of describing and making equal groups.
- Developing the idea of an abstract composite unit is fundamental for learning multiplication and division.
- With the idea of an abstract composite unit, a child who is asked how many threes in eighteen can abstractly think in terms of repeated threes. Because the child can three as a unit, they can think in terms if counting the unit, that is, how many units of three make 18?
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