I have 6 marbles on the table.
Below are different situations that I can really visualize how the division works in real life.
Situation 1 : I put 6 marbles into 2 baskets, in math i solve it by using division , which is 6 marbles / 2 baskets = 3 marbles ( in each basket)
Situation 2 : I put 6 marbles into 3 baskets, in math i solve it by using division , which is 6 marbles / 3 baskets = 2 marbles ( in each basket)
Situation 3 : I put 6 marbles into 1 basket ,in math i solve it by using division , which is 6 marbles / 1 basket = 6 marbles ( in each basket)
but...
what about
Situation 4 : I put 6 marbles into 0.5 basket , how do I visualize this ? I know it sounds silly, but this is important to understand too. What I try to ask here is what 0.5 represents? basket? or what? If we follow the pattern of the situations above, 0.5 should be basket too.
Then, the next question : if I solve it I would get 6 marbles / 0.5 = 12 marbles.
The problem is, I only have 6 marbles, then how could it turn out to be 12 marbles as the final result?
Below are different situations that I can really visualize how the division works in real life.
Situation 1 : I put 6 marbles into 2 baskets, in math i solve it by using division , which is 6 marbles / 2 baskets = 3 marbles ( in each basket)
Situation 2 : I put 6 marbles into 3 baskets, in math i solve it by using division , which is 6 marbles / 3 baskets = 2 marbles ( in each basket)
Situation 3 : I put 6 marbles into 1 basket ,in math i solve it by using division , which is 6 marbles / 1 basket = 6 marbles ( in each basket)
but...
what about
Situation 4 : I put 6 marbles into 0.5 basket , how do I visualize this ? I know it sounds silly, but this is important to understand too. What I try to ask here is what 0.5 represents? basket? or what? If we follow the pattern of the situations above, 0.5 should be basket too.
Then, the next question : if I solve it I would get 6 marbles / 0.5 = 12 marbles.
The problem is, I only have 6 marbles, then how could it turn out to be 12 marbles as the final result?