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    DiviSion AS EquAl DiStribution

                    Equal Sharing

                    Division means equal sharing.
                    Neha has 12 apples. She wants to share these apples equally among her 4 friends.

                    She starts by giving one apple to each of her friends.
                    She repeats this step till no apple is left.
                                                                               No apple is left after the third step.
                                                                               Each friend of Neha has 3 apples.

                                                                               So, when  12 apples  are distributed
                                                                               among 4 friends,  each friend gets
                                                                               3 apples.
                                                                               In other words, 12 apples are divided
                                                                               into groups of 3 and 4 children get a
                                                                               plate of 3 apples each.

                    This can be represented as:
                                       12             ÷              4               =             3
                                       ↑                             ↑                             ↑
                                  Number of                     Number of                    Number of
                                    apples                        friends              apples each friend gets

                    Example 1. Soni has 21 flowers. She wants to put them into 7 vases.
                    How many flowers will Soni have to put in each vase?

                    Solution.  She first puts 1 flower in each vase. She is left with 14 flowers.

                    Now, she puts 1 more flower in each vase. She is left with 7 flowers.

                    Finally, she puts 1 more flower in each vase. Now, there is no flower left with Soni.

                                       21             ÷              7               =             3
                                       ↑                             ↑                             ↑
                                  Number of                     Number of                Number of flowers
                                    flowers                        vases                    in each vase
                    Thus, Soni will have to put 3 flowers in each vase.

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