Home » Working With Families » Student Strategies » Division Strategies division strategies repeated subtraction Students skip count or subtract to determine the number of groups. fair share Students share the total amount in a certain amount of groups to determine how many in each group. multiplying up Students multiply the divisor by factors till they reach the dividend. skip counting Students skip count or add to come to the total. friendly numbers Students change one of the factors to make it an easier multiplication problem. partial products Students break apart factors in addends allowing them to solve smaller problems.