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Dividing objects into equal shares

Dividing objects into equal shares. How would you solve this problem?. Alexis is having three people over. She has 8 cookies total. How many cookies can each person have? (Including Alexis!). Would you draw a picture?.

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Dividing objects into equal shares

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  1. Dividing objects into equal shares

  2. How would you solve this problem? Alexis is having three people over. She has 8 cookies total. How many cookies can each person have? (Including Alexis!)

  3. Would you draw a picture? Alexis is having three people over. She has 8 cookies total. How many cookies can each person have? (Including Alexis!) Each person gets 2 cookies. Each person gets 2/8 of the cookies.

  4. Try this one! Preston has 9 balloons and 3 friends. How many balloons can he give to each friend?

  5. Preston has 9 balloons and 3 friends. How many balloons can he give to each friend? Each person gets 3 balloons. Each person gets 3/9 of the balloons.

  6. Try this one! Harry has a pan of 12 brownies. If he has 3 friends over, how many can each person have? (Including Harry!)

  7. Harry has a pan of 12 brownies. If he has 3 friends over, how many can each person have? (Including Harry!) Each person gets 3/12 of the brownies. Each person gets 3 brownies.

  8. BE Careful! How would you solve this one? Devon has a pan with six brownies. He and his four friends are going to divide it evenly. How can each person have an equal share?

  9. Devon has a pan with six brownies. He and his four friends are going to divide it evenly. How can each person have an equal share? \ WAIT…. What do we do with this piece?

  10. What do we do with the extra piece? Since there are five people, we will split that brownie into fifths!

  11. Each person will get one whole brownie and 1/5 of another piece. \ This can be written as 1 and 1/5 brownies OR 1 1/5 brownies

  12. BE Careful! How would you solve this one? Abbie and her three siblings made five pumpkin pies for Christmas. If they all had an equal share, how much of the pie would each person have?

  13. Abbie and her three siblings made five pumpkin pies for Christmas. If they all had an equal share, how much of the pie would each person have? \ WAIT…. What do we do with this pie?

  14. What do we do with the extra pie? Since there are four people, we will split that pie into quarters!

  15. Each person will have one whole pie and a quarter of the extra pie! \ This can be written as 1 and ¼ or as 1 ¼

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