Write a story problem in which you would have to multiply 5 ×(-1)/(5) to find the answer.
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Sure! Here's a story problem for you:
Joe has 5 bags of marbles, but he wants to share them equally with his 5 friends. However, when Joe looks closer, he sees that one of the bags has a negative number of marbles! In order to figure out how many marbles each friend will get, Joe needs to calculate 5 multiplied by (-1) and then divide by 5. Can you help Joe find the answer by solving this expression?
Now, let's apply the step-by-step approach to find the solution:
Step 1: Multiply 5 by (-1).
The product of 5 and (-1) is -5.
Step 2: Divide -5 by 5.
When divided, -5 divided by 5 equals -1.
Therefore, each friend will receive -1 bag of marbles. Since the result is a negative number, it means that Joe will have to take back 1 bag from each of his friends, leaving him with no marbles to distribute.
So, the answer to the story problem is that each friend will receive -1 bag of marbles.
Sure! Here's a story problem where you would need to multiply 5 × (-1) / 5 to find the answer:
"Jane has 5 apples, but she decides to share them equally among her 5 friends. However, one of her friends changes their mind and does not want an apple anymore. To make things fair, Jane decides to give that friend a negative apple.
How many apples does each friend receive if Jane divides the apples equally, including the negative apple?"
To solve this problem, we can use the following steps:
Step 1: Multiply 5 by -1. We do this because one of the friends receives a negative apple. Multiplying 5 by -1 gives us -5.
Step 2: Divide the result (-5) by 5. We divide -5 by 5 since Jane wants to share the apples equally among her 5 friends. Dividing -5 by 5 gives us -1.
Therefore, each friend, including the one who received a negative apple, would receive -1 apple.