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Which THREE of the following word problems can be represented by a division equation that has an unknown quotient?

A. "There are 24 cookies, and each bag can hold 6 cookies. How many bags are needed?"
B. "Sarah has 16 apples and wants to share them equally among her 4 friends. How many apples will each friend get?"
C. "If a box contains 30 chocolates, and each row can hold 5 chocolates, how many rows are there in the box?"
D. "There are 18 students in a class, and the teacher wants to divide them into groups of 3. How many groups will there be?"

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Final answer:

The three word problems that can be represented by a division equation with an unknown quotient are A) number of bags for cookies, B) apples shared among friends, and D) number of student groups in a class.

Step-by-step explanation:

The three word problems from the selection that can be represented by a division equation with an unknown quotient are:

  1. A. "There are 24 cookies, and each bag can hold 6 cookies. How many bags are needed?"
  2. B. "Sarah has 16 apples and wants to share them equally among her 4 friends. How many apples will each friend get?"
  3. D. "There are 18 students in a class, and the teacher wants to divide them into groups of 3. How many groups will there be?"

These problems involve dividing a total number by a smaller number to find out how many times the smaller number goes into the larger number, which represents the unknown quotient.

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