Welcome to learning about division! Division is one of the four basic operations in mathematics. It's the process of splitting a number into equal parts or groups. Let's look at the key terms: the dividend is the number being divided, the divisor is the number you divide by, and the quotient is the result. For example, if we have twelve circles and divide them into three equal groups, each group contains four circles.
Now let's practice with simple division examples. For eight divided by two, we ask: how many twos are in eight? We can count by twos: two, four, six, eight. That's four groups of two, so eight divided by two equals four. This visual method helps us understand that division is about grouping or sharing equally.