Teaching Long Division: - Technion

A Touch-Stone for a Few Teaching Principles. ... Now move on to a slightly more abstract stage: draw 6 coins of 10 and ask what happens when they are divided between 2 children. This should be repeated again and again, 40 ÷ 2, and 160 ÷ 2, 280 ÷ 2. The mathematical principle taught here is: one ten is like one apple. Dividing whole tens is ... ................
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