Question

Twenty pounds of strawberries are being shared equally by a group of friends.the equation 20 divided by 5=4 represents the division of strawberries

Answer 1

Answer:

a. 4 represents the amount of pounds of strawberries each friend got.

b. 4 represents the number of friends who were sharing the strawberries.

Step-by-step explanation:

The complete exercise is: "Twenty pounds of strawberries are being shared equally by a group of friends. The equation $20\div5=4$ represents the division of strawberries.

a. If the 5 represents the number of people, what does the 4 represent?

b. If the 5 represents the pounds of strawberries per person, what does the 4 represent?"

You need to analize the information given in the exercise.

You know that the total amount of pounds of strawberries that are shared equally is:

$Total=20\ lb$

a. Then if the group of people is formed by 5 friends, you need to divide the total pounds of strawberries that by 5 in order to calculate the amount of pounds of strawberries each one of them got.

If in the equation $20\div5=4$, 5 represents the number of people, then 4 represents the amount of pounds of strawberries each friend got.

b. If each person got 5 pounds of strawberries, you can calculate the number of friends who was sharing them by dividing the total pounds of strawberries by 5.

So, if in the equation $20\div5=4$,  5 represents the pounds of strawberries per person, then 4 represents the number of friends who were sharing the strawberries.