Fair Share Cubes

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🧮 Part 1: Fair Share Problems

1. Sarah has 15 sweets to share equally amongst 3 friends. Use cubes to work out how many sweets each friend gets.

Each friend gets _______ sweets.

2. Tom collected 24 conkers and wants to share them equally between 4 boxes. How many conkers go in each box?

Each box gets _______ conkers.

3. A baker has 18 biscuits to pack equally into 6 bags. How many biscuits per bag?

Each bag gets _______ biscuits.

4. Lucy has 20 stickers to share equally amongst 5 friends. Use your cubes to find the fair share.

Each friend gets _______ stickers.

5. Three children scored these points in a game: 8, 4, and 12. What is the mean (average) score?

The mean score is _______ points.

6. Four friends collected marbles: Amy found 6, Ben found 10, Chloe found 8, and Dan found 4. What is the mean number of marbles?

The mean is _______ marbles.

7. In a spelling test, five pupils scored: 7, 9, 5, 8, and 6 marks. Find the mean score.

The mean score is _______ marks.

8. Explain how you used cubes to solve the fair share problems. What steps did you follow?

9. Why is finding the mean the same as making a "fair share"? Explain in your own words.