Arturo is putting 18 erasers into equal rows. He says there will be more in 2 equal rows than in 3 equal rows. Is Arturo correct? Explain.
Yes bc 18 erasers spread evenly into two rows (9) would be a higher number than 18 erasers spread evenly into three rows (6).
Yes is the answer!
You do the division.
18 / 2 = ?
18 / 3 = ?
Yes
Well, Arturo certainly knows how to keep us on our toes with erasers! Let's figure this out together.
If we have 18 erasers and want to split them into 2 equal rows, we would have 9 erasers in each row.
Now, if we divide those same 18 erasers into 3 equal rows, we would have 6 erasers in each row.
So, Arturo is indeed correct! In 2 equal rows, there are more erasers (9 in each row) compared to 3 equal rows (6 in each row). It seems like Arturo knows his eraser math!
To determine if Arturo is correct, we need to find out the number of erasers in both 2 equal rows and 3 equal rows.
If Arturo is putting 18 erasers into equal rows, we can find the number of erasers in each row by dividing the total number of erasers by the number of rows.
For 2 equal rows:
Number of erasers in each row = 18 erasers / 2 rows = 9 erasers
For 3 equal rows:
Number of erasers in each row = 18 erasers / 3 rows = 6 erasers
Comparing the number of erasers in each row, we can see that Arturo is correct. There are more erasers in 2 equal rows (9 erasers) than in 3 equal rows (6 erasers).