Final answer:
Alice has 120 candies to divide among 5 friends, so we use the division equation 120 ÷ 5 and start by dividing 12 by 5 to find that each friend will receive 24 candies.
Step-by-step explanation:
Alice has a big bag of candies that she wants to distribute evenly among her 5 friends. If there are 120 candies in the bag, how many candies will each friend receive?
The equation for the problem is 120 ÷ 5 = ?
To solve this, we start by dividing the first digit of the divisor, which is 1, by the first digit of the dividend, which is 5. Since 1 is less than 5, we consider the first two digits of the dividend (12). We notice that 5 goes into 12 twice (because 2 × 5 = 10), so the first digit of the quotient is 2. We write 2 above the second digit of the dividend.
Next, we subtract 10 from 12 and bring down the next digit, which is 0, making it 20. Now, we divide 20 by 5, which is 4. Therefore, each friend will receive 24 candies.