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What age group	Year or Grade 4
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Welcome to the World of Decoupling in Maths!

Introduction: A Day in the Park

Imagine it’s a sunny Saturday morning! You and your friends decide to head to the park for a picnic. You have a big basket filled with goodies — sandwiches, fruit, drinks, and snacks. But wait! How do you share all this delicious food equally among your friends?

Let’s say you invited 10 friends, but there’s only one sandwich. How will you divide the other snacks or drinks?

This scenario brings us to the exciting topic of Decoupling in mathematics. Just like how we need to manage our picnic food, in maths, decoupling helps us understand how to break down larger problems into manageable, easier parts!

Engaging Question

Before we dive into the concept of decoupling, think about this question: If you have 40 fruit pieces at your picnic, and there are 5 of you, how can you decouple this problem to find out how many pieces each person gets?

Activity: Exploring Decouples

Let’s create a visual representation! Grab a piece of paper and some colourful markers.

1. Draw your total fruit — a big bowl full of colourful fruits.
2. Divide them into groups of 5 (that’s how many people are sharing!).
3. Count how many groups of 5 you made.

This is a fun way to decouple the problem, transforming it into smaller, easier tasks.

Conclusion

Remember, just like sharing food at a picnic, decoupling helps us break large tasks into simple, manageable parts in mathematics. Today, we will learn more about this concept and put your newfound skills to the test!

Let’s get started! 🍏🍌🍉