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In basic division you put the larger number first for example, it would be 8÷4. You have 8 cookies and you want to divide them among you 4 friends. Therefore the answer is 2 cookies per friend. For younger kids it wouldn't make sense to solve a question like you have 4 cookies and you want to divide them among 8 friends because odds are likely they will get confused. It is however 100% possible to divide like that it just takes you into fractions. Unless, that is what the question is asking. But if you are knew to dividing I am sure the question you are being asked will make you put the larger number first so you can divide it into smaller parts.

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