Question

1b. Jada folds a strip of paper into 8 equal pieces. Write a division expression that represents this. Explain your reasoning. *

Answer 1

Jada has 1 strip of paper and she is dividing this strip of paper into 8 equal pieces, the size of each piece will then be

1 ÷ 8

We used division because in mathematics it represents dividing something into equal pieces, and therefore, the above is how you write diving 1 strip into 8 pieces.