Division Practice: Sharing Money
Practise division with various money-sharing scenarios.
🎯 What You'll Learn
You will practise all your division skills with realistic money-sharing problems.
🏪 Market Story
It's the end of the market day. Several traders and friends need to settle up and share money. Can you help them all?
📝 Let's Learn
Problem 1: Chidi, Tunde, and Emeka earn ₦180 washing cars. They split it equally. ₦180 ÷ 3 = ₦60 each.
Problem 2: A family of 4 goes to a restaurant. The bill is ₦200. If they split it: ₦200 ÷ 4 = ₦50 each.
Problem 3: Bola buys 5 identical pens for ₦75. Each pen costs: ₦75 ÷ 5 = ₦15.
Problem 4: Amina saves ₦84 over 4 weeks. She saves the same amount each week: ₦84 ÷ 4 = ₦21 per week.
✏️ Practice Questions
- 6 friends share ₦72 equally. How much does each friend get?
- Funke earns ₦150 in 5 days. How much does she earn per day?
- Tunde buys 3 identical shirts for ₦135. How much does each shirt cost?
Click to see answers
- ₦72 ÷ 6 = ₦12 each.
- ₦150 ÷ 5 = ₦30 per day.
- ₦135 ÷ 3 = ₦45 per shirt. (Split 135: 120 ÷ 3 = 40, 15 ÷ 3 = 5. Total: 45.)
💡 Remember
Division helps you share money fairly, find prices per item, and calculate daily or weekly earnings. Always check your division by multiplying the answer by the divisor!