35 ÷ 7
We have thirty-five counters, and we want to split them into equal groups of seven. How many groups will we get?
Let's write this as a division problem: thirty-five divided by seven.
Dividing by seven means asking: seven times what number equals thirty-five?
Let's count by sevens on a number line, starting at zero, until we reach thirty-five.
Zero, seven, fourteen, twenty-one, twenty-eight, thirty-five — that's five jumps of seven!
So seven times five equals thirty-five.
That means thirty-five divided by seven equals five.
Five equal groups of seven make thirty-five. Great work!