Lily has 5 apples. She and 4 friends want to share them equally. Which rule of division can help Lily know quickly if everyone can have an apple?
perhaps- (dividing) each person will have 1 apple. The apple that's left should be divided into 4ths
Thanks for answering. I know that the answer is one but I need to know the rule of division used.
To determine if everyone can have an equal share of the apples, Lily can use the division rule called "Division by Whole Numbers." This rule states that if the number of items (in this case, apples) is divisible evenly by the number of people, then everyone will have an equal share.
In Lily's case, she has 5 apples, and she wants to share them equally among 4 friends. To apply the division rule, she needs to check if 5 is divisible by 4.
To do so, Lily can use long division or a calculator. If the division results in a whole number (with no remainder), then everyone can have an apple.
Let's perform the division:
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4 | 5
-4
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1
Since 1 is the remainder, we can conclude that 5 is not divisible evenly by 4. Therefore, if Lily and her 4 friends want to share the 5 apples equally, it is not possible for everyone to have an apple.