Example 1:
Liza has 2 puppies. He bought 8 chewable bones to feed them both equally. How many bones will each puppy get?
Solution:
Number of Puppies = 2. Number of bones = 8. Number of bones for each puppy = 8/2 = 4.
Therefore, each puppy will get 4 bones.
Example 2:
Eva’s mother baked some cookies for him. Pal and Akon, his best friends, decided to give him a surprise by visiting him unannounced. If there were 9 cookies, how many did Eva’s mother give Eva, Pal, and Akon so that they were equally shared between them? Use the division method to check your answer.
Solution:
Number of cookies = 9.
Cookies divided equally among Eva, Pal, and Akon = 9/3 = 3.
To check division, we will put the values in the formula, Dividend = (Divisor × Quotient) + Remainder. So, 9 = 3 × 3 + 0 = 9.
Hence, verified.