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QuestionJenna has 131 dog biscuits. She wants to give them as gifts to each of her 4 poodles. How many biscuits does each poodle get? (Assume each gets the same number of biscuits.)
Choose 1 answer: (c) Each poodle gets 524 biscuits because 131×4=524131 \times 4=524.
Each poodle gets 32 biscuits because 131÷4=32131 \div 4=32 remainder 3 . Each poodle gets 33 biscuits because 131÷4=32131 \div 4=32 remainder 3 .

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

What is this asking? If we split 131 dog biscuits evenly among 4 poodles, how many biscuits does each poodle get? Watch out! Don't multiply the number of biscuits by the number of poodles!
We need to *divide*, not multiply!
Also, remember to consider what the remainder means in the context of the problem.

STEP 2

1. Divide the biscuits
2. Interpret the remainder

STEP 3

We're **dividing** the total number of biscuits, which is 131131, by the number of poodles, which is 44.
This looks like: 131÷4131 \div 4

STEP 4

Let's break down the division: 324)131121183\begin{array}{r} 32 \\ 4 \overline{) 131} \\ -12 \\ 11 \\ -8 \\ 3 \end{array} So, we get 3232 with a remainder of 33.
This means each poodle gets **32** biscuits, and there are **3** biscuits left over.

STEP 5

The remainder of 33 represents the biscuits that are left over after each poodle gets their equal share.
Since we can't split 3 biscuits evenly among 4 poodles, these biscuits remain.

STEP 6

The problem asks how many biscuits *each* poodle gets.
We don't break the remaining biscuits into pieces!
So, each poodle gets a whole number of biscuits.
Therefore, each poodle gets 3232 biscuits.

STEP 7

Each poodle gets 3232 biscuits.

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