Question

Several of the teams agree to share the salt equally. Each team will be given 7.3 grams of salt. How many teams agree to share the salt? Write a division equation to model the problem. Then write an equivalent equation using whole numbers.

Answer 1

P = 7.3n + r,
`n=(P)/(7.3)`

Explanation:

Let us take the number of teams be n.

Quantity of salts shares each team = 7.3 grams

Quantity of salts shares by n teams = 7.3 × n = 7.3n

There is no salts remind(r) after sharing equally.

By division algorithm, we can write the equation

P = 7.3n + r

P = 7.3n + 0

`\Rightarrow n=(p)/(7.3)`

Equation using whole number is
`n=(P)/(7.3)`.