Let's solve $9 \div 3$ step by step! 🎉 **Step 1:** Imagine you have 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 (9 apples). 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 **Step 2:** You want to share these apples equally into 3 groups. ➗ 3 groups means 3 boxes. **Step 3:** Let's put apples into 3 boxes one by one: ➕ ➕ **Step 4:** Count how many apples in each group. There are 3 apples in each group! 🎯 So, $9 \div 3 = 3$. Great job! You shared 9 apples into 3 equal groups, each with 3 apples! 🎉