Division can help you solve real-world problems. 🌍
Let's learn with an example.
A tailor has 1,960 buttons. He stores these buttons equally in 8 boxes. How many buttons are in each box?
We can draw a bar model based on what we know.
We need to divide to figure out the number of buttons in each box.
What does the equation look like?
1960 ÷ 8 = ?
Let's solve it with long division.
Our quotient is 245.
1960 ÷ 8 = 245
Now, remember to always write your answer to a real-world problem in a sentence, so people can understand you.
There are 245 buttons in each box.
Great work.
Let's try one more example.
A farmer harvested 1,530 lemons. He packed the lemons into 9 wooden boxes. He made sure to place the same number of lemons into each box. How many lemons did the farmer place in each box?
The question in the problem is:
How many lemons did the farmer place in each box?
It always helps to use a drawing.
We see that we have a total, and the number of groups.
We're missing the number within each group.
We need to divide. 👍
So we write an equation:
1530 ÷ 9 = ?
Here's how to solve it using long division:
We got our quotient, or answer.
1,530 ÷ 9 = 170
Finally, we write the answer in a sentence.
The farmer placed 170 lemons in each box.
Excellent work. 🎊
Do you remember all the steps to solving division word problems on your own?
Try practice to find out.