Lola wants to divide 12 pieces of candy into 4 equal groups, so she needs to find how many pieces will be in each group.

To solve this, we need to divide the total number of pieces by the number of groups.

The correct expression is:

A. 12 ÷ 4.

This will give us the number of pieces in each group, which is 3.

Would you like to go into more detail or have any questions?

Here are 5 related questions for practice:

1. What is 16 ÷ 4?
2. If Lola had 20 pieces of candy and wanted to divide them into 5 groups, how many would be in each group?
3. How many pieces would each group get if there were 24 candies divided into 6 groups?
4. If 30 candies are divided equally into 3 groups, how many are in each group?
5. How would you solve the problem if Lola had 15 pieces and wanted to divide them into 3 equal groups?

Tip: When dividing a number into equal groups, division helps you find how many items go into each group.