Math Drills
Equal Sharing and Distribution Word Problems
A-2Word Problems (First Half)
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- Equal Sharing and Distribution Word Problems
Word problems have a scene read and everything up to the answer gathered into one expression. Dividing in Two Steps, Dividing All at Once and Adding or Removing Before Sharing Equally differ in what is prepared before the dividing, while Dividing Then Using and Multiplying Then Dividing run a division and a multiplication together. Difference of Quotients subtracts two quotients, and Combining Divisions and What Is Left and the Total After Sharing gather into one as well.
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Where something is added or taken away before the dividing, the expression gets built without parentheses and the division ends up happening first. Dividing All at Once and Adding or Removing Before Sharing Equally need the adding or taking away wrapped in parentheses. Before the answer figure, whether parentheses stand in the expression box is what to look at.
The unit opens from assembling an expression with division at its center. That use of parentheses is carried straight on into Price Word Problems, where multiplying a unit price by a count becomes the center of the expression.
- Dividing in Two Steps2 questions
- Dividing All at Once1 question
- Adding or Removing Before Sharing Equally1 question
- Dividing Then Using1 question
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These are the problems in “Various Word Problems”, shown with their answers.
(1)168 eggs were collected at the poultry farm. Leo is repacking 8 into each carton. If those cartons are shared equally among 3 staff members, 1 person's share will be how many cartons? Answer □
Answer: 7cartons
(2)There were 84 strawberries picked at the field. Ethan repacked 7 into each bag. If those bags are shared equally among 3 family members, 1 person's share will be how many bags? Answer □
Answer: 4bags
(3)At the department store, Hannah buys 1 backpack for 80 dollars and 1 cap for 60 dollars together as 1 set. With 840 dollars, how many sets can Hannah buy? Answer □
Answer: 6sets
(4)At the school, Sophia bought a backpack for 190 dollars and a bicycle for 370 dollars, and decided to split the total cost equally among 4 people. How many dollars is 1 person's share? Answer □
Answer: 140dollars
(5)Tidying the schoolyard, Riley prepared 64cm of string and cut it into 8 pieces of the same length. She hands 3 of them to the helpers. Find the total length of string handed over, in how many cm. Answer □
Answer: 24cm
