Math Drills
Equal Sharing and Distribution Word Problems
B-3Word Problems (Second 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.
- Multiplying Then Dividing2 questions
- Difference of Quotients1 question
- Combining Divisions1 question
- What Is Left and the Total After Sharing1 question
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These are the problems in “Various Word Problems”, shown with their answers.
(1)At a pear orchard picking experience, Hannah received 5 boxes of pears, with 12 put in 1 box each. If these are shared equally among 4 people, how many will 1 person's share be? Answer □
Answer: 15pears
(2)On an apple orchard tour, Riley received 6 bags of apples, with 8 put in 1 bag each. If these are shared equally among 4 people, how many will 1 person's share be? Answer □
Answer: 12apples
(3)Umbrellas: Ash's shop bought 8 and paid 560 dollars. Mia's shop bought 6 and paid 300 dollars. Per 1 umbrella, how many dollars more expensive is Ash's than Mia's? Answer □
Answer: 20dollars
(4)At the dodgeball tournament, Hannah got 48 balls ready. If they are shared equally among 6 teams of 6th graders and 2 teams of 2nd graders — 8 teams in total — find how many balls 1 team will get. Answer □
Answer: 6balls
(5)In the library, Olivia prepared 70 notebooks. If she gives 8 each to 1 class for 7 classes, how many notebooks will be left? Answer □
Answer: 14notebooks
