Which problem can be solved using the division problem 72 divided by 9?

a. there are 72 bees in a beehive. 9 bees leave. how many bees are left?

b. there are 72 bees in each of 9 beehives. how many total bees are there?

c. there are 72 bees equally sharing 9 beehives. how many bees are in each hive?

d. there are 72 bees in a beehive. 9 more bees join them. how many bees are in the hive in all?

Step-by-step explanation:

c) Total is given and number of bees in one hive is asked.   so, division

answer: the answer is one of

step-by-step explanation:   we are given to write a proper fraction where the whole is divided into an even number of equal parts less than ten, and an odd number of those parts exist.

an even number less than 10 may be one of 2, 4, 6 or 8. so, the whole may be one of these four evens.

now, an odd number of these parts must exist, so the numerator must be an odd number, one of 1, 3, 5 or 7. it cannot be 9 because then the fraction will become improper.

thus, our fraction may be one of the following