Greta is putting stamps on letters. She puts 7 stamps on each letter. She uses 63 stamps. How many letters does Greta put stamps on?

Question

The suggested answers are 63+7, 63/7, 63*7, 63-7

Answer 1

Act this out!

For each 7 stamps, call that one letter (make a separate pile) .

When all stamps have been allocated, count the number of piles.

 

If you're in a higher grade, you might realize that this is actually a division problem.