After completing a project the team has earned a profit of $120,540. The amount is to be divided equally among 20 workers. How much would each worker?

Answer 1

Total Amount = 120,540

Amount of Workers= 20

Dividing the total amount equally among 20 workers means Total Amount ÷ Number of Workers

120,540 ÷ 20 = 6027

Each worker would get $6027.

Answer 2

First I would recommend thinking of 120,540/20 as a fraction and reducing both numbers by 10 (since they both end in 10). Reducing by 10 would leave: 12,054/2. Then long division would be pretty quick.

Another option for dividing by 2 without using long division is thinking about the number in pieces and dividing each part by 2 then adding them back together.

This time you could thinking of 12,054 as 12,000 +50 +4.

12000/2 = 6000

50/2 =25

6/2 =3

Combine those values to get the final answer: 6000+25+2= 6027

So ultimately, $120,540 divided equally between 20 people would give them $6027 each.