Question

3. Marissa collected 8 seashells. Her sister Emily

found 7 seashells. The two sisters decided to
put their collection together and give them
all away. Marissa and Emily gave an equal
amount of their seashells to their 5 friends.
How many seashells did each friend receive
Draw more seashells to show how to solve.​

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

There are 15 shells all together

there is 5 friends

15 divided by 5 is 3

Therefore the answer is three

Answer 2

Each friend got 3 sea shells

Explanation:

8+7=15 then they divided it up equaly to their 5 friends so 15/5=3 so each friend got 3 sea shells