Question

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Joe chose 40 hurricanes to research for a science project. He picked an equal number of hurricanes from each of the 5 categories of hurricane strength. How many hurricanes from each category did Joe choose?
Pick the diagram that models the story. Let h represent the number of hurricanes Joe chose from each category.

Answer 1

8 Hurricanes from each category.

Explanation:

Since joe chose 40 hurricanes to research, that is the total. Since he picked an equal amount of hurricanes from 5 categories, it needs to be evenly split between them. You can do this by dividing. When you evenly divide 40 by 5, you will get 8. There ya go!