Division as Sharing Math Example 3

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Example 3

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

Solution

  1. 1
    \(24 \div 6 = ?\)
  2. 2
    \(6 \times 4 = 24\), so \(24 \div 6 = 4\).
  3. 3
    Each child gets 4 cookies.

Answer

4 cookies
Sharing 24 equally among 6 gives \(24 \div 6 = 4\) cookies per child.

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 2 medium

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

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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