Division as Sharing Math Example 1

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Example 1

easy
You have 18 stickers to share equally among 3 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?

Solution

  1. 1
    Write the sharing division: \(18 \div 3 = ?\)
  2. 2
    Think: share 18 into 3 equal groups.
  3. 3
    \(3 \times 6 = 18\), so each group has 6.
  4. 4
    Each friend gets 6 stickers.

Answer

6 stickers
Division as sharing splits a total equally. 18 shared among 3 means \(18 \div 3 = 6\) per person.

About Division as Sharing

Understanding division as distributing a total equally among a given number of groups. This 'fair sharing' model asks: if I share equally, how many does each group get?

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More Division as Sharing Examples

Example 2 medium

45 students are split into equal teams of 9. How many teams are there? Then, if each team gets 4 wat

Example 3 easy

24 cookies are shared equally among 6 children. How many cookies does each child get?

Example 4 medium

A total of 63 marbles are shared equally among 7 bags. How many marbles go in each bag?

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