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Elementary Mathematics

Lesson 69

Share Equally

Fair shares

Share equally

8 sweets are dealt into 2 bowls, one at a time: 4 each.

Share equally

Each bowl has 4: 8 ÷ 2 = 4.
Share equally.
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Share eight sweets equally between two bowls.

How many sweets in each bowl?

Sharing equally is division: 8 ÷ 2 = 4.