Division in Real-Life Scenarios

The video tutorial explains how to represent division problems in symbolic form and solve them. It covers four examples: dividing a debt among friends, calculating a unit rate for biking, determining daily temperature change, and finding the number of t-shirt packages. Each example demonstrates how to express division symbolically and calculate the quotient, emphasizing the use of negative and positive numbers.

If 8 friends share a debt of $24 equally, how much does each friend owe?

• $2

• $5

• $4

• $3

What is the symbolic form of dividing a debt of $24 among 8 friends?

• -24 / 8

• -8 / 24

• 24 / 8

• 8 / 24

What does a fraction bar represent in division?

• Addition

• Division

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

Jorge bikes 30 miles in 5 hours. What is his speed in miles per hour?

• 7 mph

• 6 mph

• 5 mph

• 4 mph

How do you express the division of 30 miles by 5 hours in symbolic form?

• 30 / 5

• 5 / 30

• 30 * 5

• 5 * 30

If the temperature drops by 99 degrees over 11 days, what is the daily change?

• -7 degrees

• -8 degrees

• -9 degrees

• -10 degrees

What is the symbolic expression for dividing a temperature change of -99 degrees by 11 days?

• 99 / 11

• -11 / 99

• 11 / 99

• -99 / 11

What is the result of dividing a negative number by a positive number?

• Undefined

• Zero

• Negative

• Positive

Yvonne bought 200 t-shirts, with 10 t-shirts per package. How many packages did she buy?

• 22

• 20

• 18

• 15

How do you express the division of 200 t-shirts by 10 t-shirts per package in symbolic form?

• 200 / 10

• 10 / 200

• 200 * 10

• 10 * 200