Question 423343
you might find this interesting.


<a href = "http://www.dunstone.plymouth.sch.uk/parents/helpsheets/numeracy/teaching-division.pdf" target = "_blank">http://www.dunstone.plymouth.sch.uk/parents/helpsheets/numeracy/teaching-division.pdf</a>


i covers a concept called grouping.


then it covers a concept of multiplication.


then it covers a concept of division.


for your problem:


your concept of grouping would be 7.


9 divided by 7 would be shown on the number line like:


<pre>
                           |--------------------------|
                           0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14
                           |--------------------|-----|
</pre>


you would break up your number line into groups of 9 units and groups of 7 units.


you would then count how many groups of 7 would fit into your group of 9.


in this case the group of 7 goes into a group of 9 one time with a remainder of 2.


if you are into fractions, then you could show that the remainder is 2 units out of a group of 7 units which would be the fraction of 2/7.


your answer with remainder is 1 group of 7 with a remainder of 2 units.


your answer with fractions would be 1 and 2/7 groups of 7.


Check the reference out.


It shows the same method, maybe clearer. 


I borrowed from the reference.


The reference is in a pdf file, so you need adobe reader on your computer to read it.


the file is 2.3 megabytes (I believe) so it takes a minute or 2 to download on a dsl line.


if you have a voice line only, then it will take longer.