Question

$16$ chocolates need to be distributed among $4$ children. How many chocolates did each student get $?$

• A. $1$
• B. $2$
• C. $3$
• D. $4$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $4$

Total number of chocolates $=16$
Number of children $=4$

Each child would get = $\frac{\text{total number of chocolates}}{\text{number of children}}$ = $\frac{16}{4}$ chocolates.

Solving $\frac{16}{4}$ by repeated subtraction method:

$\text{Steps}$	$\text{Dividend}$	$\text{Divisor}$	$\text{Remainder}$
$1$	16	4	16 - 4 =12
$2$	12	4	12 - 4= 8
$3$	8	4	8 - 4 = 4
$4$	4	4	4 - 4 = 0

Since, we subtracted $4$ times to get the remainder $0$, the quoteint is $4$ and the remainder is $0$ for $16÷4$.

Therefore, each child would get $4$ chocolates.