Question: how would you advice a 5 year old to calculate $252 \times \frac{1}{6}$ without using a calculator
1. Let's start by understanding the problem: we want to find out what $252 \times \frac{1}{6}$ means.
2. Multiplying by $\frac{1}{6}$ means we want to find one part out of six equal parts of $252$.
3. So, we need to divide $252$ into $6$ equal groups and find how many are in one group.
4. The formula we use is multiplication by a fraction: $$252 \times \frac{1}{6} = \frac{252}{6}$$
5. Now, let's divide $252$ by $6$ step by step:
6. $6$ goes into $25$ four times because $6 \times 4 = 24$, so we write $4$ and subtract $24$ from $25$ leaving $1$.
7. Bring down the next digit $2$ to make $12$.
8. $6$ goes into $12$ exactly $2$ times because $6 \times 2 = 12$.
9. So, $252 \div 6 = 42$.
10. Therefore, $252 \times \frac{1}{6} = 42$.
This means if you share $252$ candies equally among $6$ friends, each friend gets $42$ candies.