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1) The document provides model solutions to division word problems. It works through 9 examples step-by-step showing how to set up and solve the problems by dividing the total amount by the number of groups. 2) Examples include dividing money equally among people, dividing weights of wheat into bags, dividing people across tables, dividing minutes into hours, and dividing cookies/apples into packs. 3) In each case, the total is divided by the number of groups to find how much each group will receive or contain. Remainders are addressed in problems requiring whole number answers.

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Model answers for worksheet31.b on application of division Name:……………………………………Class:………………………………..Date:………… 1. Nu. 5,876 are distributed equally among 26 men. How much money will each person get? Solution: Money received by 26 men = 5876 So, money received by one man = 5876 ÷ 26 = 226 Each man will get Nu. 226. 2. If 9975 kg of wheat is packed in 95 bags, how much wheat will each bag contain? Solution: Since 95 bags contain wheat 9975 kg Therefore, 1 bag contains wheat (9975 ÷ 95) kg = 105 kg Each bag contains wheat = 105 kg In a problem sum involving division, we have to be careful about using the remainder.
3. 89 people have been invited to a banquet. The caterer is arranging tables. Each table can seat 12 people. How many tables are needed? Solution: To answer this question, we need to divide 89 by 12 89 ÷ 12 Quotient - 7 Remainder - 5 If the caterer arranges 7 tables, then 5 people will have no place to sit. So he needs to arrange 7 + 1 = 8 tables. 4. How many hours are there in 1200 minutes? Solution: We know that there are 60 minutes in 1 hour.Divide the number of minutes by the number of minutes in 1 hour. We get, divide 1200 by 601200 ÷ 60 = 20 So there are 20 hours in 1200 minutes. Answer: 20 hours. 5. A bus can hold 108 passengers. If there are 12 rows of seats on the bus, how many seats are in each row? Solution: Total number of passengers = 108 There are 12 rows of seats on the bus. To find how many seats are there in each row, divide the total number of passengers by the number of rows of seats on the bus. We get, divide 108 by 12 108 ÷ 12 = 9 Therefore, there are 9 seats in each row. Answer: 9 seats.
6. Penjor had 63 apples. He divides all apples evenly among 9 friends. How many apples did Penjor give to each of his friends? Solution: Total number of apples = 63 There are 9 friends of seats on the bus. To find how many apples Penjor gave to each of his friends, divide the total number of apples by the number of friends. We get, divide 63 by 9 63 ÷ 9 = 7 Therefore, Penjor gives 7 apples to each of his friends. Answer: 7 Apples 7. Dechen baked 195 cookies and divided them equally into 13 packs. How many cookies did Dechen put in each packet? Solution: Total number of cookies = 195 There are 13 packs. To find how many cookies did Dechen put in each packet, divide the total number of cookies by the number of packs. We get, divide 195 by 13 195 ÷ 13 = 15 Therefore, Dechen put 15 cookies in each pack. Answer: 15 cookies.
9. In your classes you counted 120 hands. How many students were at the class? Solution: Total number of hands = 120 We have 2 hands. To find how many students were at the class, divide the total number of hands by the number of hands we have. We get, divide 120 by 2 220 ÷ 2 = 60 Therefore, there were 60 students at the class. Answer: 60 students.

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worksheet 31.b.pdf

  • 1. Model answers for worksheet31.b on application of division Name:……………………………………Class:………………………………..Date:………… 1. Nu. 5,876 are distributed equally among 26 men. How much money will each person get? Solution: Money received by 26 men = 5876 So, money received by one man = 5876 ÷ 26 = 226 Each man will get Nu. 226. 2. If 9975 kg of wheat is packed in 95 bags, how much wheat will each bag contain? Solution: Since 95 bags contain wheat 9975 kg Therefore, 1 bag contains wheat (9975 ÷ 95) kg = 105 kg Each bag contains wheat = 105 kg In a problem sum involving division, we have to be careful about using the remainder.
  • 2. 3. 89 people have been invited to a banquet. The caterer is arranging tables. Each table can seat 12 people. How many tables are needed? Solution: To answer this question, we need to divide 89 by 12 89 ÷ 12 Quotient - 7 Remainder - 5 If the caterer arranges 7 tables, then 5 people will have no place to sit. So he needs to arrange 7 + 1 = 8 tables. 4. How many hours are there in 1200 minutes? Solution: We know that there are 60 minutes in 1 hour.Divide the number of minutes by the number of minutes in 1 hour. We get, divide 1200 by 601200 ÷ 60 = 20 So there are 20 hours in 1200 minutes. Answer: 20 hours. 5. A bus can hold 108 passengers. If there are 12 rows of seats on the bus, how many seats are in each row? Solution: Total number of passengers = 108 There are 12 rows of seats on the bus. To find how many seats are there in each row, divide the total number of passengers by the number of rows of seats on the bus. We get, divide 108 by 12 108 ÷ 12 = 9 Therefore, there are 9 seats in each row. Answer: 9 seats.
  • 3. 6. Penjor had 63 apples. He divides all apples evenly among 9 friends. How many apples did Penjor give to each of his friends? Solution: Total number of apples = 63 There are 9 friends of seats on the bus. To find how many apples Penjor gave to each of his friends, divide the total number of apples by the number of friends. We get, divide 63 by 9 63 ÷ 9 = 7 Therefore, Penjor gives 7 apples to each of his friends. Answer: 7 Apples 7. Dechen baked 195 cookies and divided them equally into 13 packs. How many cookies did Dechen put in each packet? Solution: Total number of cookies = 195 There are 13 packs. To find how many cookies did Dechen put in each packet, divide the total number of cookies by the number of packs. We get, divide 195 by 13 195 ÷ 13 = 15 Therefore, Dechen put 15 cookies in each pack. Answer: 15 cookies.
  • 4. 9. In your classes you counted 120 hands. How many students were at the class? Solution: Total number of hands = 120 We have 2 hands. To find how many students were at the class, divide the total number of hands by the number of hands we have. We get, divide 120 by 2 220 ÷ 2 = 60 Therefore, there were 60 students at the class. Answer: 60 students.