How can halving help me divide?

NARRATOR: Hello Snoot.

What have you got there?

SNOOT: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)

NARRATOR: A slime loaf, you say?

Looks… delicious…

Hello Fin, hello Plimble.

PLIMBLE: Plimble!

NARRATOR: You’re just in time for a freshly-baked slime loaf.

Hello, who’s this?

PLIMBLE: Erm… Plumble?

NARRATOR: I didn’t know you had a twin.

Great, the more the merrier.

Let’s share this slime loaf between the four of you, shall we?

SNOOT: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)

NARRATOR: Your slime loaf is 36 centiblarples long.

So, to share it equally between the 4 of you, we’re going to have to divide 36 by 4.

SNOOT: Er… Wi… Oo…

NARRATOR: Yes, it is quite a hard sum.

FIN: (ALIEN LANGUAGE)

NARRATOR: Alright Fin, show us how you’d work it out.

Ah, I see.

You want to start by cutting the slime loaf in half.

36 divided by 2 makes 2 lots of 18.

Then all you have to do is cut the halves in half again to make 4 equal shares.

18 divided by 2 is 9, which means you get 9 centiblarples of slime loaf each.

ALL: Aha!

NARRATOR: That’s a great way of working out how to divide by 4.

If it seems too hard at first, just start by dividing by 2 and then divide by 2 again to get the answer.

Well, I hope the 4 of you each enjoy your slice of slime loaf.

(ZAP)

Ah… I think Plimble may have just played a little trick on you.

PLIMBLE: Plimble!

(BURPING)