Math Drills
Equal Sharing and Distribution Word Problems
A-1Word 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)80 bananas arrived at the fruit shop. Sophia is packing 4 into each bag. If those bags are shared equally among 4 staff members, 1 person's share will be how many bags? Answer □
Answer: 5bags
(2)200 freshly baked loaves of bread are lined up at the bakery. Sam is packing 5 into each bag. If those bags are shared equally among 8 staff members, 1 person's share will be how many bags? Answer □
Answer: 5bags
(3)At the school store, Sam buys 1 backpack for 65 dollars and 1 cap for 35 dollars together as 1 set. With 700 dollars, how many sets can Sam buy? Find the answer. Answer □
Answer: 7sets
(4)Before going to the aquarium, Liam had 860 dollars, but bought a backpack for 200 dollars. If the remaining money is divided equally among 6 people, 1 person's share is how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 110dollars
(5)At a craft workshop, Henry prepared 84cm of string and cut it into 4 pieces of the same length. He gives 3 of them to his little sister. In total, what is the length of string his sister received, in how many cm? Answer □
Answer: 63cm
