Solve the Division Equation: Finding the Value of 24÷12

Solve the following exercise

?=24:12

Apply the distributive property of division and proceed to split the number 24 into a sum of 12 and 12, which ultimately renders the division operation easier and allows us to solve the exercise without a calculator.

Note - it's best to choose to split the number based on knowledge of multiples. In this case of the number 12 because we need to divide by 12.

Reminder - The distributive property of division actually allows us to split the larger term in a division problem into a sum or difference of smaller numbers, which makes the division operation easier and allows us to solve the exercise without a calculator

We will use the formula of the distributive property

$(a+b):c=a:c+b:c$

$24:12=(12+12):12$

$(12+12):12=12:12+12:12$

$12:12+12:12=1+1$

$1+1=2$

Therefore the answer is section a - 2.