Ko te whakawehe tētahi o ngā paheko tau matua. Ina whakawehea tētahi huinga, ko te whiriwhiri i ngā rōpū iti o roto i taua huinga te mahi. Mēnā 12 ngā āporo, ā, ka whakawehea ki ngā tamariki tokowhā, e toru āporo te whiwhinga a ia tamaiti. He paheko kōaro te whakawehe me te whakarea.
Division is one of the number operations. Dividing a set of objects involves putting those objects into groups. If there are 12 apples to be divided among 4 children, each child gets three. Division and multiplication are inverse operations.
Whakawehea te tekau ki te rima, ka rua (10 ÷ 5 = 2).
E iwa, whakawehea ki te toru, ka toru (9 ÷ 3 = 3).
Ka taea te 18 te whakawehe pū ki te 3?