Mathematics

Quarter 1 – Module 13:

Solving Problems Involving
Division
Mathematics – Grade 4
Alternative Delivery Mode
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
For the facilitator:

Welcome to Mathematics Grade 4 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Solving

Problems Involving Division!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both from
public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners
meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and
economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will
help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also
need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning.
Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks
included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the Mathematics 4 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Solving Problems
Involving Division!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the
contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to check

what you already know about the lesson to take. If
you get all the answers correct (100%), you may
decide to skip this module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link the

current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced to

you in various ways; a story, a song, a poem, a
problem opener, an activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the

lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent practice

to solidify your understanding and skills of the
topic. You may check the answers to the exercises
using the Answer Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process what
you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will help

you transfer your new knowledge or skill into real
life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of

mastery in achieving the learning competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given to you

to enrich your knowledge or skill of the lesson
learned.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.
At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing this

module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module.
Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
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5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
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If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to
consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain deep
understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
 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 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?

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?

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 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 14 for the Answer Key.

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 = _____

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 Are you done answering?
If yes, time to check. Please go to page 14 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 filled with 645 mangoes,
a. What
how manyisbaskets
harvested Lolo Kiko’s
areinneeded farm?
to pack all the
mangoes?

a. How many mangoes did they harvest in all?

b. How will you solve the problem?

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.

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 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
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.

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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-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?

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 = 383 pencils given to her bother

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

10 800 - 383 = 10 417

Answer: There are 10 417 pencils left with Karen.

NON-ROUTINE WORD PROBLEM

Problem B

Solving non-routine problems can also be done by following the four

steps: Understand, Plan, Solve and Check.
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

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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.
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
f
5 ₱100.00
4 2 ₱100.00
P
i 3 4 ₱100.00
e 2 6 ₱100.00
c
e 1 8 ₱100.00
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.

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6.

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.
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 _______ ________ ________ _______ _______
356 2 200 141 332 1540

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.

Mikko opened his Math book and found that the sum
of the pages facing him was 243. What pages did he open?

Are you done answering?

If yes, time to check. Please go to page 14 for the Answer Key.

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 What I Have Learned

Remember!

To solve one-step or multi-step word problems, you must

follow 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 It takes 3 minutes to Jose and his 3

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

Ana’s daily In a children’s party,

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

100

There are 144 There are 2 032

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

(Please go to page 14 for the Answer Key.)

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 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 14 for the Answer Key.

CONGRATULATIONS! You are learning very well.

See you in the next module.

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 Answer Key

What I Know (pages 1 & 2) What’s In (pages 2 & 3)

1) 24 6) 70 1) 3
2) 308 7) 8 goats, 7 chickens 2) 47
3) 586.25 pesos 8) 70 3) 9
4) 40 9) 104 4) 29
5) 3 180 pesos 10) 65 5) 9

What’s More (page 9)

Activity 1: Activity 2:

WHALE Miggy opened pages 121 and 122 of the Math book.

(pages 10&11) (pages 11&12)

100

Additional Activity (Page 12

1) 115
2) 65
3) 6 members

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References
Tabilang, Alma R. et al. 2015.Mathematics 4 Learner’s Material pp. 82-
84, Department of Education.

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