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The five students will equally share two cans of paint. How much paint will
each student get?
Five boxes of crayons will be shared equally by two friends. How many
crayons will each friend get?
Two packages of paper are shared equally among five children. How much
paper will each child get?
Two sisters are equally sharing five balls of yam. How much yarn will each
sister get?

Answer 1

Explanation:

2 cans to be equally shared by 5, that means everybody gets 2/5 of a can of paint.

5 boxes of crayons shared by 2 friends, so each gets 5/2 boxes.

2 packages of paper for 5 children, so each gets 2/5 of a package.

5 balls of yarn for 2 sisters, so each gets 5/2 balls.

for such questions it is always : how much is there in total divided by how many parts are needed.

that gives you how much of the total goes to every part.