Division as Sharing Math Example 2

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Example 2

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45 students are split into equal teams of 9. How many teams are there? Then, if each team gets 4 water bottles, how many bottles are needed total?

Solution

  1. 1
    Number of teams: \(45 \div 9 = 5\) teams.
  2. 2
    Bottles per team: 4.
  3. 3
    Total bottles: \(5 \times 4 = 20\).
  4. 4
    5 teams need 20 water bottles total.

Answer

5 teams; 20 water bottles
First divide to find the number of equal groups, then multiply to find a new total for those groups.

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 1 easy

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

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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