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Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 13:
Solving Problems
Involving Division

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Mathematics – Grade 4
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Quarter 1 – Module 13: Solving Problems Involving Division
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics
Quarter 1 – Module 13:
Solving Problems
Involving Division
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our
dear learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home.
Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are
carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall
guide you step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson
prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on
lessons in each SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on
completing this module or if you need to ask your facilitator or
your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of the lesson.
At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-
check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity
and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the
Teacher are also provided to our facilitators and parents for
strategies and reminders on how they can best help you on your
home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary
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carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty
in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult
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 What I Need to Know

Problem solving is a very useful skill for every learner like

you. With thorough understanding and constant practice, this
would challenge you to think logically and eventually find it an
enjoyable activity.

This module will help you understand problem solving and

assist you to learn more about the division process and how it is
used in real-life situations. This will also facilitate you to
understand how to solve word problems with more mathematical
operations involved.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

• solve routine and non-routine problems involving division of
3- to 4-digit numbers by 1- to 2-digit numbers including
money using appropriate problem solving strategies and
tools; and
• solve multi-step routine and non-routine problems involving
division and any of the other operations of whole numbers
including money using appropriate problem-solving
strategies and tools.

What I Know

Solve the word problems below. Show your solution.

1. You have 144 pictures and you have decided to put it in a

photo album. If 6 pictures are to be placed on each page of a
photo album, how many pages of the album will be needed?

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2. Mang Rolando has 1 848 chicken eggs to be delivered in the
market. If the eggs are to be placed in small trays with 6 eggs
each, how many trays will be needed?

3. Kathleen shared her savings to her 4 siblings. If her savings

amounted to ₱2 345, how much did each of them receive?

4. A farmer gathered 760 mangoes from his farm. He placed 60

mangoes in each basket and sold them. How many mangoes
were left if only the baskets with 60 mangoes each were sold?
5. Miggy, Yza and Justin contributed equal amounts to raise ₱
9 540 and buy goods for some families affected by the
pandemic. How much did each of them share?

6. The average of 6 numbers is 66. If 75 and 89 are added to 6

numbers, what is the new average?

7. Ben has some goats and chickens in his backyard. All in all
there are 15 heads and 46 legs. How many goats and
chickens are there?

8. In his vegetable garden, Mr. Dela Cruz harvested 1 680

tomatoes. He plans to place 24 tomatoes in each basket. How
many baskets will he need?

9. Iya and her mother packed 1 560 kilograms of rice in small

plastic bags. How many plastic bags were used if each bag
contained 15 kilograms?

10. In Degracia’s Farm, 1 430 chickens can consume 22

kilograms of feeds a day. If each chicken consumes equal
amounts of feeds, how many chickens can consume one
kilogram of feeds a day?

Are you done answering? If yes, time to check.

Please go to page 15 for the Answer Key.

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 What’s In

Before we proceed, let us practice your computational skills

first.

Find the correct answer.

1. (13 + 8) ÷ 7 = _______ 4. [32 ÷ 8] + 25 = ________

2. {168 ÷ 3} – 9 = _______ 5. (29 – 4) ÷ 5 = ________
3. [49 – 4] ÷ 5 = _______

Are you done answering? If yes, time to check.

Please go to page 15 for the Answer Key.

What’s New

EXPLORE AND DISCOVER

Problem A

Lolo Kiko’s farm produces sweet

mango fruits delivered in public markets
in Bicol. There are 9 030 mangoes
harvested this month. If each basket can
be
a. filled
What with 645 mangoes,
is harvested how many
in Lolo Kiko’s farm?
baskets are needed to pack all the
mangoes?

a. How many mangoes did they harvest in all?

b. How will you solve the problem?

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Problem B

Billy has ₱100.00 bill. If he would like to change it

to smaller bills and coins such as ₱50.00, ₱20.00, and
₱10.00, how many combinations can he have?

Which of the two problems is routine? Which is non-routine?

How can we solve them?

Try answering the given problems.

What is It

READ AND LEARN MORE

There are two types of word problems – the routine word
problem and the non-routine word problem. Routine word
problems are practical in nature and involve the use of at least one
of the four arithmetic operations, while non-routine word problems
are complex problems that require some degree of creativity or
originality and multiple ways to solve.

Here are some ways how to solve each type of word problem.
Problem A is an example of a routine problem, while Problem B is
an example of a non-routine problem.

Problem A

Step 1 - Understand
• Know what is asked:
➢ The number of baskets needed.

• What are given:

➢ 9 030 mangoes harvested
645 mangoes in a basket
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Step 2 - Plan

• Know the operation

➢ Division
• Write the number sentence.
➢ 9 030 ÷ 645 = N

Step 3 - Solve

• Write the correct unit/label your answer.

Step 4 - Look Back

• Check your answer by performing multiplication which is the

inverse operation of division. Multiply the quotient by the
divisor and if the product is equal to the dividend then your
answer is correct.
645
x 14
2580
+ 645
9030

Therefore, Lolo Kiko needs 14 baskets to pack all the

mangoes.

MULTI-STEP WORD PROBLEM

In some instances, word problems cannot just be solved

using one mathematical operation or step. These are called multi-
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step word problems. To answer a multipstep word problem, it is
important to find the hidden question and analyze the problem
carefully to arrive at the correct answer.

Read the problem below and study how the problem was
solved to give you an understanding of how multi-step word
problem is solved.

Karen had 450 boxes of pencils with 24 pencils in

each box. She gave sixteen boxes of pencils to his
brother. How many pencils are left to Karen? If Karen
decided to donate the remaining pencils to 6 grade
school classes, how many pencils will each class
receive?

Solution:

Step 1: Find the total number of pencils and the total number of
pencils given to her brother.

450 x 24 = 10 800 pencils in all

16 x 24 = 384 pencils given to her bother

Step 2: Find the number of pencils left to Karen.

10 800 - 384 = 0 416

Step 3: Find the number of pencils that each grade school class
will receive.
10 416 ÷ 6 = 1 736
Answer: Each class will receive 1 736 pencils

NON-ROUTINE WORD PROBLEM

Problem B
Solving non-routine problems can also be done by following the
four steps: Understand, Plan, Solve and Check.
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 If you are able to analyze the non-routine problems well, then,
you can solve them using any of these different strategies:

▪ Listing Method
▪ Making Table
▪ Illustration/Drawing/Diagram
▪ Guessing and Checking
▪ Looking for a pattern
▪ Working Backwards
▪ Breaking up a problem into smaller ones

In order to solve problem B, we can use the following strategies:

A. Making a List

To make this strategy more systematic, let us begin from

the highest value of money.

50 + 50 = 100
50 + 20 + 20 + 10 = 100
50 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 100
50 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 100
20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 100
20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 10 + 10 = 100
20 + 20 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 100
20 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 100
20 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 100
10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 100

So, based on the list, we arrived at ten (10) combinations of

₱50.00, ₱20.00 and ₱10.00 having a total of ₱100.00 for each.

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 B. Using a Table

N ₱50.00 ₱20.00 ₱10.00 TOTAL

u 2 ₱100.00
m
b 1 2 1 ₱100.00
e 1 1 3 ₱100.00
r
1 5 ₱100.00
o 5 ₱100.00
f
4 2 ₱100.00
P
3 4 ₱100.00
i
e 2 6 ₱100.00
c
1 8 ₱100.00
e
s 10 ₱100.00

Using a table, we listed down the number of pieces for each

denomination with no duplication, and again we have ten (10)
combinations.
C. Drawing/Illustration

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.
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7.

8.

9.

10.

As shown in the illustrations, there are ten (10) combinations

formed.

So, you can use any or several of the strategies mentioned in

solving non-routine word problems. You just need to analyze and
understand the problem well so that you can determine which
strategy will best suit your solution.

What’s More

ACTIVITY 1

Decoding: Find out what animal has the biggest brain. Answer the
questions that have a corresponding letter. Write the letter on the
blank to form the word.

_______ ________ ________ _______ _______

356 2 200 141 332 1540

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H - Last month, Nico and Ben worked in Agustin Farm. They
earned a total of ₱5 150 but spent ₱750 for their food. If the
remaining amount was divided equally between them, how
much did each of them get?

E - Mr. Cruz bought a new TV set worth ₱9 200 in an appliance

center and availed of its “zero interest plan” promo. If he paid
a down payment of ₱1 500 and plans to pay the balance
equally in 5 months, how much will be his monthly
amortization?

W - There are 24 sampaguita flowers in a garland. How many

garlands can be made from 8 544 sampaguita flowers?

L - Mrs. De Leon paid ₱6 640 for the books of her 20 pupils. If

each book has the same price, how much does each book
cost?

A - Mr. Reyes, a farmer from Sorsogon, harvested 890 sacks of

palay. He donated 185 sacks of palay to the typhoon victims
and sold the remaining sacks of palay to 5 rice dealers. How
many sacks did each rice dealer receive?

ACTIVITY 2

Read and understand the problem below then solve.

Mrs. Sanchez baked 120 trays of 35 pandesal

each. After cooking, she donated them equally to 12
community pantries. If the organizer of each
community pantry divided them equally into 35 bags,
how many pandesal are there in each bag?

Are you done answering? If yes, time to check.

Please go to page 15 for the Answer Key.

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 What I Have Learned

Remember!

To solve one-step or multi-step word problems, consider

the following steps and answer the questions after each
step:
Step 1 – Understand
• Know what is asked:
• What are given:
Step 2 – Plan
• Know the operation
• Write the number sentence.
Step 3 – Solve
• Write the correct unit/label your answer.
Step 4 – Look Back
Check your answer by performing multiplication which
is the inverse operation of division. Multiply the quotient
by the divisor and if the product is equal to the dividend
then your answer is correct.

You have already reached this far. Now, let us see if you
have really learned from our discussion. Prepare yourself
for a fun activity in the next page.

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 What I Can Do

APPLY YOUR SKILLS

Be Amazed With This Maze.

Solve the word problems below. Every correct answer leads
you to another situation in the next box. Continue answering the
problems until you reach the last box. Find out which path will
lead you to the last box.

START
The 42 pupils in a It takes 3 minutes to Jose and his 3 friends
class have to form picked 124 guavas
fill a water jug. If it
teams. If there are 6 and divided it equally
took 120 minutes to among themselves.
teams, how many fill all the jugs, how How many guavas
members will be in many jugs were filled? did each boy receive?
each team?

In a children’s party,
A jeepney can travel Ana’s daily allowance there are 6 200
1536 km for 24 hours is ₱20. If she saves candies to be packed
continuously. How far ₱ 5 a day, how many in 50 bags. How many
days will it take her to candies will each bag
did it travel in an contain?
hour? get ₱ 500?

100

There are 144 chairs There are 2 032

popsicle sticks to be
in a room. If there are
distributed to 8 pupils.
6 chairs per table, How many popsicle
how many tables are sticks will each pupil
there? have?

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 Are you done answering? If yes, time to check.
Please go to page 15 for the Answer Key.

Assessment

Solve the following problems. Show your solution and make sure
you have followed the rubric below to know how you should be
given a point in each number.(5 points each item)

1. Joseph bought 23 pineapples and 37 green mangoes. If he

combined all the fruits and shared these equally to his 3
brothers, how many fruits did each of them get?

2. There were 130 persons invited in a festival. The venue has

rectangular tables that can sit 6 persons each. The longer
side can sit two persons while the shorter side can sit one.
The host arranges 6 tables in a row placed shorter end to
shorter end. How many rows of tables are needed to sit all the
invited guests?

RUBRIC TO BE USED IN CHECKING YOUR ANSWER

In giving score to your work, read the description for each number.
Whichever description fits your solution, then the corresponding
number will be your score.
5 – A correct solution and an appropriate strategy are shown or
explained and the solution is shown with correct label or description.
4 – A complete strategy is explained but an incorrect solution or no
solution given and the answer was not labeled correctly.
3 – Some parts of an appropriate strategy are shown but some key
elements are missing.
2 – There are some strategies or explanations other than simply
copying the data but work would not lead to a correct solution.
1 – There are one or more incorrect approaches.
0 – No work or answer shown.
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 Additional Activities

Solve the following problems.

1. The Campus Journalists of Bogña Integrated School put up

a food booth to raise money for their school library. They
prepared 110 suman, 130 puto and 160 kutsinta. At the end
of the activity, the pupils were able to sell 95 bags containing
equal number of kakanins. Some excess kakanins were kept
by the pupils. How many kakanins did they keep?

2. A grocery store sells eggs by the dozen. If it has 787 eggs, how
many dozens of eggs can it sell?

3. A club started a meeting with few members. Each time the

club meets, each member brings one new member. If 96
members attended the fifth meeting, how many members
were present during the first meeting?

Are you done answering? If yes, time to check.

Please go to page 15 for the Answer Key.

CONGRATULATIONS! You are learning very well.

See you in the next module.

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Additional Activity
1) 115
2) 65
3) 6 members
What’s More
Activity 1: Activity 2:
WHALE 120 x 35 = 4 200 4 200 ÷ 12 = 350 350 ÷ 35 = 10 pandesal in each bag
What’s In What I Know
1) 3 1) 24 6) 70
2) 47 2) 308 7) 8 goats, 7 chickens
3) 9 3) 586.25 pesos 8) 70
4) 29 4) 40 9) 104
5) 5 5) 3 180 pesos 10) 65
Answer Key
Reference

Tabilang, Alma R. et al. 2015.Mathematics 4 Learner’s Material pp.

82-84, Department of Education.

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