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'Dividing by 8' for 4th grade

Dividing by 8

Work out the saving per item by dividing by 8

This topic focuses on the idea that you can often spend less per item if you buy a packet or so called mutli-pack. Manufacturers often accept less per item when selling more of a particular item. So, how can we work out how much is saved per item if we buy in bulk? What we need to do is work out the cost of each item in a pack, and compare that to the cost of an item bought singly.

The first question in this topic is as follows. If marbles cost 8 cents each, but a packet of 8 costs 56 cents, what is the amount you save PER ITEM by buying the packet.

So, if a packet of 8 marbles costs 56 cents then each marble in the packet costs:

56 ¢ ÷ 8 = 7 ¢ per marble

Which compares to 8 ¢ if we buy them individually.
So in this case the saving PER ITEM is:

8 ¢ - 7 ¢ = 1 ¢ per item

Note that you could also approach this problem through multiplication. Rather than dividing the packet price by 8, you could multiply the cost of the single item by 8. This would give you the difference in price for a packet. You would then need to divide to get the saving per item.

If you are finding this difficult, you might like to work through the lesson Introduction and Either / or activities before tackling the games.

With these interactive math lessons you will be learning "Dividing by 8" from
4th grade / Multiply + Divide in 3 easy steps. The math in our lessons consists of 6 questions that ask you to use division by 8 to work out the best value for money item.

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If sweets cost 8 cents each, but a packet of 8 costs 56 cents, the amount you save per item by buying the packet is 1 cent
Price list
Single sweet
Packet of 8 sweets
56¢
1 cent
2 / 6
If sweets cost 10 cents each, but a packet of 8 costs 64 cents, the amount you save per item by buying the packet is 2 cents
Price list
Single sweet
10¢
Packet of 8 sweets
64¢
2 cents
3 / 6
If sweets cost 8 cents each, but a packet of 8 costs 64 cents, the amount you save per item by buying the packet is nothing
Price list
Single sweet
Packet of 8 sweets
64¢
nothing
4 / 6
If sweets cost 8 cents each, but a packet of 8 costs 80 cents, the amount you save per item by buying the packet is nothing
Price list
Single sweet
Packet of 8 sweets
80¢
nothing
5 / 6
If pens cost 28 cents each, but a packet of 8 costs $2.40, the amount you save per item by buying the packet is nothing
Price list
Single pen
28¢
Packet of 8 pens
$2.40
nothing
6 / 6
If pens cost 45 cents each, but a packet of 8 costs $3.20, the amount you save per item by buying the packet is 5 cents
Price list
Single pen
45¢
Packet of 8 pens
$3.20
5 cents

Word problems: best price per item

Learn how to work out saving per item by buying a packet or box rather than individual items

In these math topics, we explore division by working out what the price per item is if you buy a whole pack or other group container like a box or a book (of stamps). Often retailers will price a group of items in a box or packet at less per item in order to sell a greater quantity of items.

For instance, buying individual marbles might cost 10 ¢ each, but buying a packet of 10 marbles might cost say 80 ¢. In this case, you can probably see immediately that the pack price is "better" than the individual price, but how can we work out what the acutal saving is? There are 2 simple ways to work out the saving: either multiplying the individual item price by the number of items sold in the packet, or dividing the packet price by the number of items in the packet. If we do the latter we find that the price of each marble in the packet is

80 ¢ ÷ 10 = 8 ¢

Which compares to 10 ¢ if we buy the marbles individually. So in this case the saving ** per item ** (which is what these topics are about) is:

10 ¢ - 8 ¢ = 2 ¢

Next time you are in a shop where you can choose to buy a packet or individual items, see if you can figure out what the saving is... it could save you a packet!

There are 3 easy math lesson activities in this "Dividing by 8" tutorial. These activities progress step by step to help you the learner gradually master this math topic. The activities are based on "3 stage questioning", a method of learning that quickly and easily builds your confidence as you work through the short series of lessons that strengthen your knowledge of the math that you want to learn.

When you have completed the tutorial for a topic, you should try some of our games before finally doing the test for your chosen topic. See the Help box below for detailed instructions on how to use the lesson activities to help you learn your math more easily.

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'Dividing by 8' for 4th grade

Introduction to the math topic

You start the tutorial with a lesson that introduces the math you will be learning. You will see a set of questions one at a time, and for each question you will see the written answer and also hear the answer to that question.

Repeat the question/answer by clicking on the brown speaker sign. Repeat the question/answer and expand the question graphic by clicking on the question box. Move between questions using the arrow buttons below the question. If there is additional information available for your chosen topic, the "i" button on the left upright bar will be brown on white. Click on the button to load the additional lesson information into the main interface.


Either / Or math lesson

This lesson moves on from the "Introduction" lesson and offers you two possible answers to each question. So, you will see a question then a voice will ask "Is this ... or is it ..." and you will have to choose which of the answers is the one that matches the question.

You choose an answer by clicking or tapping on one of the two answer boxes below the question. You can play the audio for each answer again by clicking on the speaker icon beside the written answer (if robot speech is available and enabled). The program will let you know each time whether you answered correctly. A star will light up red for a wrong answer or white/black for a correct answer.

This lesson asks you the questions in a random order compared to the introduction. At the end of the lesson, you can choose whether to repeat the lesson or move on to the next one.


What is it? math lesson

The final lesson of the tutorial shows you multiple possible answers for each question - you must choose the correct one. You are asked a question and below it are a list of two, three, or four possible written/numeric answers from this topic. Pressing the speaker icon will play the math audio for that answer.

For each picture, click on the answer that matches the question. The program will tell you whether you are right or not. As with the Either / Or activity a system of stars indicate your right and wrong answers. The What is it? lesson will show you all the questions you learned in the Introduction but in a random order.


When you complete the "What is it?" lesson, you can choose whether to go on to play some games with this topic, or whether you want to repeat some or all of the lesson activities in this tutorial. You should expect to get 80% of the answers correct in most of the activities before trying some of the Math games with this topic.

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