Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Problem of the Month - January

Some children are sharing 44 cupcakes. Each child gets 3.
How many children are sharing?
How many are left over?
How did you solve the problem?

2 comments:

  1. How many children are sharing? 15 children are sharing the cupcakes
    How many are left over? There is 1 cupcake left over
    How did you solve the problem? By drawing tally marks and then circleing them 3 by 3.

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  2. 14 children are sharing the cupcakes. there are 2 cupcakes left over.And the way I solved the problem was by dividing 44 by 3.

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