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Cal has a collection of 186 toy farm animals which she no longer 2,5 She code

stee them between her 3 young cousins. How many toys do they receive each?

User Sakura
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Answer:

62 (I guess, if I understand your text correctly)

Explanation:

you mean she did not need her toy farm animals anymore and gives all of them evenly to her 3 younger cousins ?

then it is a very simple division : 186 / 3 = 62

do you not know how to divide ?

186 / 3

you take the number on the right and compare it to the first (most left) digit position on the left side and see, if the right side can divide this left position.

so, in our case, 1 / 3. Is that possible ? no. so, the result is 0, and we keep the leftover from the left side (still this "1").

now we attach the next digit (going from left to right) from the left side : 18

and we compare again - can we divide now this left side by the right side ? in our example 18 / 3. is that possible ? yes ! the result is 6. we attach this result to our previous result (0) and get 06 (or simply 6). and now there is nothing left in our intermediate division (18/3 creates no remainder, it is just straight 6).

so, our leftover on the left side is 0, and we attach the next digit (again, going from left to right) on the left side to the leftover : 06 (or simply 6).

and we compare again - can we divide now this left side by the right side ? in our example 6 / 3. is that possible ? yes ! the result is 2. we attach this result to our previous result (06) and get 062 (or simply 62). and now there is nothing left in our intermediate division (6/3 creates no remainder, it is just straight 2).

so, our leftover on the left side is 0, and we attach the next digit (again, going from left to right) on the left side to the leftover : oh, there are no more digits. we are finished !

and we have calculated just by hand or mind without any calculator that 186/3 = 62

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