Question

If 14 bones are shared among 2 dogs, how many bones does each dog get?

• A. 16
• B. 12
• C. 6
• D. 7

Answer 1

The correct option is D 7

Division is known as repetitive subtraction.

Let’s look at the table below, where a total of 14 bones are shared among 2 dogs.
So, by using repeated subtraction:
$\begin{array}{cc}1.& 14-2=12\\ 2.& 12-2=10\\ 3.& 10-2=8\\ 4.& 8-2=6\\ 5.& 6-2=4\\ 6.& 4-2=2\\ 7.& 2-2=0\end{array}$

2 is subtracted seven times from 14 to get 0.
Therefore,
When 14 bones are shared equally among 2 dogs, each dog gets 7 bones.