Equal Groups
If Aspen and Lilly have 12 cupcakes, how many can they fit into 2 boxes?
Use equal groups to solve.
12 ➗ 2 = 6
Emmy has 20 cookies. She puts them onto 5 plates. How many cookies are on each plate?
Draw a strip diagram to solve.
20 ➗ 5 = 4
Kaleb wrote the equations 5 X 6 = 30 and 6 X 5 = 30. What 2 division equations would he write to complete the fact family?
30 ➗ 6 = 5
30 ➗ 5 = 6
Delaney used repeated subtraction to solve 12 ➗ 3. What would her work look like?
12 - 3 = 9
9 - 3 = 6
6 - 3 = 3
3 - 3 = 0
Joseph and Josh couldn't decide if the number 13 was odd or even. Draw a picture and help them figure out the answer.
13 is ODD
If Hailey has 15 carrots, how many carrots will fit into 3 bags?
Solve using equal groups.
15 ➗ 3 = 5
Owen and Semaj built 21 robots. They put 7 robots in each group. How many groups did they make?
Draw a strip diagram to solve.
21 ➗ 7 = 3
Geremiah wrote the number sentence 6 X 7 = 42. What division equation could he write using these numbers?
42 ➗ 7 = 6
or
42 ➗ 6 = 7
How would Sami solve 24 ➗ 8 using repeated subtraction?
24 - 8 = 16
16 - 8 = 8
8 - 8 = 0
Kayden and Mia found 231 gold coins in a treasure box. If they split the gold coins, will they each get the same amount?
No, because 231 is an ODD number
Kaylee and Thalia have 24 muffins. If they share them equally with 4 friends, how many muffins will each friend get?
Solve using equal groups.
24 ➗ 4 = 6
Eric bought 18 bags of candy. If he shares them with 2 friends, how many bags of candy does he and his friends get?
18 ➗ 3 = 6
Sophia and Andrew found the product of 9 X 3 and wrote the inverse division equations. What equations could they have written?
27 ➗ 9 = 3 and 27 ➗ 3 = 9
Aiden went to the store and bought 10 books. He then placed 2 books on each shelf. How many shelves did Aiden use?
Solve using repeated subtraction.
10 - 2 = 8
8 - 2 = 6
6 - 2 = 4
4 - 2 = 2
2 - 2 = 0
There were 35 girls and 27 boys in the school play. Were there an even or odd amount of kids in the play?
35+27=62, which is an EVEN number.