Help me idk how to do this (its probably very easy)

Question

Mr Bennett shared 20 muffins equally among 8 children. How many muffins did each child receive? Express your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

Answer 1

The key phrase in this question is "shared equally." That tells me that Mr. Bennett is taking the group of 20 muffins and dividing it among 8 people. To solve, find 20 ÷ 8.

When approaching word problems like this, I like to ask whether it makes the most sense to add, subtract, multiply, or divide. There is nothing that you are adding to the original quantity, nor are you taking away, so this must be a multiplication or division problem. When you think about breaking apart a large group into smaller groups of equal size, as described in the problem, that's a clue that you need to divide.

Drawing a picture of what is happening in the problem can also help. It doesn't need to be perfect art: Sometimes just using dots and stick figures can help you think about what you need to do to solve.