Question

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liam has 2,587 toothpicks. he wants to use them all to make a floor mat with 13 equal rows. use the bar diagram to write a division equation. then, solve the equation to find how many toothpicks liam should use in each row.
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Explanation:

Step1: Set up division equation

We need to divide the total number of toothpicks by the number of equal rows. Let $x$ be the number of toothpicks per row.
$$2587 \div 13 = x$$

Step2: Calculate the division

Perform the division operation:
$$x = \frac{2587}{13} = 199$$

Answer:

199 toothpicks per row