Question

1. marissa collected 8 seashells. her sister emily found 7 seashells. the two sisters decided to put their collection together and give them all away. marissa and emily gave an equal amount of their seashells to their 5 friends. how many seashells did each friend receive? draw more seashells to show how to solve.

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total seashells

$8 + 7 = 15$

Step2: Divide by number of friends

$\frac{15}{5} = 3$

Answer:

Each friend received 3 seashells.

To show with seashells: Draw 15 total seashells (8 + 7), then group them into 5 equal groups. Each group will have 3 seashells.