Cattywampus
11 x 1/8
11/8 or 1 3/8
1/2 x 3/6
3/12 or 1/4
2 ÷ 1/3
6
The swim team is going to a meet across town. There are 35 swimmers on the team and each van can take 5 of them. How many vans will be needed to take the whole team? What is the equation and answer? Is it sharing or grouping?
35 divided by 5 = 5
Grouping
Round 8.85 to the nearest tenth.
8.9
3/8 x 16
48/8 or 6
2/5 x 3/4
6/20 or 3/10
1/4 ÷ 3
1/12
Fatimah picked 28 flowers and divided them equally among 2 vases. How many flowers did she put in each vase? What is the equation and answer? Is it sharing or grouping?
28 divided by 2 = 14
Sharing
2.03 + 4.78
6.81
7/3 x 12
84/3 or 28
5/6 x 5/6
25/36
1/2 ÷ 3
1/6
Miguel and his two brothers picked 48 strawberries and shared them equally. How many strawberries did each person get? What is the equation and answer? Is it sharing or grouping?
48 divided by 3 = 16
Sharing
5.01 - 3.98
1.03
15 x 2/3
30/3 or 10
3/7 x 2/4
6/28 or 3/14
1/2 ÷ 2
1/4
True or False? In a sharing problem, the answer means the size of each group (for example, the number of items each person got).
True
220 ÷ 20
11
12/12 x ____ = 14
14
2/5 x 3/5
6/25
Luisa says that dividing 1/2 by 3 is the same as multiplying 1/2 by 1/3. Do you agree with her? Why or why not?
Mathematically, Luisa is correct because both expressions are equal to 1/6.
True or False? In a grouping problem, the answer means the number of groups.
True
(14 x 3) x 10
420