96 ÷ 4
Imagine ninety-six stickers shared equally between four friends. How many does each friend get?
We can write this as ninety-six divided by four.
Let's break ninety-six into friendly numbers — eighty plus sixteen. Both of these divide by four easily.
Now we'll draw a rectangle. One side is four, our divisor.
Inside, we put eighty on the left and sixteen on the right. Together they still make ninety-six.
How many fours fit inside eighty?
Twenty! Write twenty above the eighty box.
How many fours fit inside sixteen?
Four! Write four above the sixteen box.
Now we add our partial quotients: twenty plus four.
Ninety-six divided by four is twenty-four. Each friend gets twenty-four stickers. Nice work!