Introduction to Division

A. 2 is correct. Divide the total apples by the number of friends: 8 ÷ 4 = 2 apples per friend.

B. 3 — Wrong because 3 × 4 = 12 apples needed, but Lily only has 8.

C. 4 — Wrong because 4 × 4 = 16 apples needed, but Lily only has 8.

D. 5 — Wrong because 5 × 4 = 20 apples needed, but Lily only has 8.

A. 5 ✓

Shahfiq needs to divide 10 cookies equally between 2 boxes, so we divide: 10 ÷ 2 = 5 cookies per box.

Why the others are wrong:
- B (10): That's the total number of cookies, not per box.
- C (8): No clear connection to the problem.
- D (2): That's the number of boxes, not cookies per box.

A. 4 is correct. When dividing equally, you split 12 stickers among 3 students: 12 ÷ 3 = 4 stickers each.

B. 10 is wrong. That's too many—it's almost all the stickers for just one student, leaving hardly any for the others.

C. 2 is wrong. That's too few. If each student got only 2, you'd use just 6 stickers total, leaving 6 unused.

D. 3 is wrong. That's the number of *students*, not the answer. It confuses the divisor with the quotient.

A. 6 is correct. When you divide 18 eggs equally among 3 baskets, you do 18 ÷ 3 = 6. Each basket gets the same amount.

Why the others are wrong:
- B. 12 – This is what you'd get if you multiplied instead of divided (3 × 4 = 12), or if there were only 2 baskets.
- C. 3 – This confuses the number of baskets with the answer; it's not related to the division.
- D. 5 – This doesn't divide evenly into 18, so some baskets would have different amounts.

Why A (3) is correct:
When you divide 15 candies equally among 5 friends, you do 15 ÷ 5 = 3. Each friend gets 3 candies.

Why the others are wrong:
- B (10): This is 15 − 5, not division. You'd be subtracting instead of sharing equally.
- C (4): This doesn't match any operation with these numbers. It's too high.
- D (5): This is the number of friends, not the answer. You might confuse "5 friends" with the answer.

A. 3 is correct.
When you divide 6 by 2, you're splitting 6 into 2 equal groups, which gives you 3 in each group.

Why the others are wrong:
- B (2): This is what you'd get if you subtracted 2 from 6, not divided.
- C (1): Too small—this doesn't represent how many times 2 fits into 6.
- D (4): Too large—2 only fits into 6 three times, not four times.

A. 2 is correct. Division means splitting something into equal groups. 8 ÷ 4 means "8 split into 4 equal groups," which gives 2 in each group.

B. 0 – Wrong. Division doesn't give zero unless you're dividing zero itself (0 ÷ 4 = 0).

C. 1 – Wrong. If 8 ÷ 4 = 1, that would mean 4 × 1 = 8, but 4 × 1 = 4.

D. 10 – Wrong. This looks like someone added instead of divided (8 + 4 = 12, or maybe confused the operation entirely).

A. 2 ✓
20 ÷ 10 asks "how many groups of 10 fit into 20?" The answer is 2 groups (10 + 10 = 20).

B. 3 — Wrong. 3 × 10 = 30, not 20.

C. 4 — Wrong. 4 × 10 = 40, not 20.

D. 5 — Wrong. 5 × 10 = 50, not 20.

A. 4 ✓

Division means splitting into equal groups. 16 ÷ 4 asks "how many 4s fit into 16?" The answer is 4, because 4 × 4 = 16.

Why the others are wrong:
- B (3): 3 × 4 = 12, not 16
- C (6): 6 × 4 = 24, which is too large
- D (8): 8 × 4 = 32, also too large

A. 4 ✓
Division means splitting into equal groups. 12 ÷ 3 means "12 split into 3 equal groups," which gives us 4 in each group. You can check: 4 × 3 = 12.

Why the others are wrong:
- B. 5 — 5 × 3 = 15, not 12
- C. 2 — 2 × 3 = 6, not 12
- D. 3 — 3 × 3 = 9, not 12