Making jelly using division.

We had 25 people in our class including Mrs Field and Mrs White. We had five different jelly flavours. We calculated how many people could be in each group. 25 divided into 5 groups equals 5 so we had 5 groups of 5.

Next we chose the jelly flavour we wanted -lemon, lime, raspberry, boysenberry or orange. We made the jelly with 500 mls of hot water and stirred the jelly crystals into it. They dissolved quickly. We worked out that each person would get 100 mls of jelly because 500 divided by 5 = 100.

We measured up to the 500mls line on the measuring jug and shared the jelly liquid into plastic cups with our names on them. 

The jug had a maximum capacity of 2 litres. We only filled it up one quarter of the way. That was up to 500 millilitres.

After they had been in the hall kitchen fridge over lunchtime, we ate them. They were yum! 

We found out that we had made 2 .5 litres of jelly in total. We used our maths knowledge to put 5 lots of 500mls together. Some added 500 + 500, others did 5 x 500. I wonder how you would work it out?