56 ÷ 8
Today we'll see division as repeated subtraction. We have fifty-six stickers, and we want to put them into bags of eight.
Here's our question — how many groups of eight fit inside fifty-six?
Let's draw a number line from zero to fifty-six, with a tick every eight.
We start at fifty-six — that's all our stickers, before we make any bags.
Take away one group of eight. Fifty-six minus eight is forty-eight. That's bag number one.
Take away another eight. Forty-eight minus eight is forty. Bag number two.
Another eight. Forty minus eight is thirty-two. Bag three.
Keep going. Thirty-two minus eight is twenty-four. Bag four.
Twenty-four minus eight is sixteen. Bag five.
Sixteen minus eight is eight. Bag six.
And one more. Eight minus eight is zero. Bag seven — no stickers left!
Count the jumps: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Fifty-six divided by eight is seven. Seven full bags!