Take three hands-up answers, not open call-outs. Listen for one each, then go round again — that dealing idea is the whole lesson. Do not settle the answer yet; you build it on the board next.

Deal slowly, one to each plate, so pupils see the sharing action, not a finished answer.

12 shared between 3: count the four rounds, each plate ends on 4, write 12 ÷ 3 = 4 beneath.

15 shared between 5: pause before dealing, take a prediction, more or fewer each than last time? Each finishes on 3, write 15 ÷ 5 = 3.

20 shared between 4: the key one, fewer plates so a bigger share each. Lands on 5 per plate, write 20 ÷ 4 = 5.

Point out every plate matches exactly, that is what makes the share fair.

Reveal one panel at a time.

Share 10 between 2: predict first, big share or small? Two plates makes the big share obvious. 10 ÷ 2 = 5.

Share 18 between 3: new dealer; class choruses the count as the counters go down. Read the sentence back before writing. 18 ÷ 3 = 6.

Share 24 between 6: most plates yet, use a turn-and-name prediction so the back rows stay live, then deal and count. 24 ÷ 6 = 4.

Draw out the pattern: more plates, smaller share.

Watch for the pupil dumping counters unevenly, stop, one to each, go round again.

These are the practice questions — pupils take turns at the board, check each answer, and the class confirms before moving on. Keep the board work brisk rather than over-explaining.

These are all fresh numbers, not the ones from Try It Together, so pupils cannot recite an answer from memory — they have to deal and count. The practice set rises in difficulty: 14 ÷ 2 = 7 is the easy entry; 30 ÷ 6 = 5 is the trickiest, and it is trickiest because six plates means the most plates per dealing round, not because its answer is the biggest (16 ÷ 4 = 4 has fewer plates even though the numbers look large). Say that plainly if a pupil thinks a bigger answer means a harder share. For each, a pupil deals, the class calls the answer, then press Check to confirm. A fast pupil who is waiting can mouth the next sharing or watch the board — no desk work here.