Divide, then add

3rd Grade Math practice: 24 stickers are shared equally among 6 students. Then each student gets 2 more stickers. How many stickers does each student have now. Part of division (Two-step division).

~10 min

Use division to solve the first part of the story.

Divide to Find Equal Shares

12 items shared into 4 equal groups

3 each
3 each
3 each
3 each

12 / 4 = 3

To start a two-step problem, look for a total amount that needs to be split equally. Use division to find out how many are in each group first.

💡 Division tells you the size of one group.