Math Drills
Equal Sharing and Distribution Word Problems
A-3Word 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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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Various Word Problems”, shown with their answers.
(1)126 cakes were made at the cake shop. Mia is packing 7 into each box. If those boxes are shared equally among 6 staff members, 1 person's share will be how many boxes? Answer □
Answer: 3boxes
(2)There were 96 oranges picked at the farm. Hannah is packing 4 into each bag. If those bags are shared equally among 6 friends, 1 person's share will be how many bags? Answer □
Answer: 4bags
(3)For the school fair raffle, Riley buys 1 bicycle for 120 dollars and 1 baseball for 80 dollars to make 1 prize set. With 600 dollars, how many prize sets can Riley buy? Answer □
Answer: 3sets
(4)Before going to the aquarium, Sophia had 900 dollars, but bought a rare marble for 50 dollars. If the remaining money is divided equally among 5 people, 1 person's share is how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 170dollars
(5)In craft time, Noah prepared 90cm of tape and cut it into 3 pieces of the same length. He gives 2 of them to his little brother. In total, what is the length of tape his brother received, in how many cm? Answer □
Answer: 60cm
