Introduction to Dividing Whole Numbers
Julio is throwing a birthday party for his little brother, and he has decorated goodie bags for the nine kids coming to the party. Now he needs to evenly divide up the trinkets he purchased from the toy store into each bag. He has a pack of 18 glow sticks, a bag of 36 mini candy bars, and a sheet of 90 stickers. Julio will use division to determine how many of each item to add to each bag.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:- Use division notation
- Model division of whole numbers
- Divide whole numbers
- Translate word phrases to math notation
- Divide whole numbers in applications