Question

Deandre has put his coins into 3 stacks. each stack has the same number of coins. there are 12 coins total. how many coins are in each stack?

Answer 1

basically 12/3=what?
12=4*3
so
12/3=
(4*3)/3=
(4*3)/(3*1)=
(4*3)/(1*3)=
(4/1)*(3/3)=
(4/1)*(1)=
4*1=
4

answer is 4 coins per stack