Which expression is equivalent to \( \frac{12}{7} \) ? \( \begin{array}{ll}\text { (A) } 12-7 & \text { (B) } 7-12 \\ \text { (c) } 12 \div 7 & \text { (D) } 7 \div 12\end{array} \) Kamaria lives on a ranch with 4 horses. She feeds the horses a total of 10 pounds of oats. Each horse gets the same amount of oats. How many pounds of oats does each horse get? Use a visual model and an equation to support your answer.

1. To find an expression equivalent to 12/7, notice that 12/7 means "12 divided by 7." This corresponds to option (C) 12 ÷ 7. 2. For the horses: Kamaria has 4 horses and 10 pounds of oats. To determine how much oats each horse gets, we set up the division problem:   x = amount of oats per horse   4 × x = 10   x = 10 ÷ 4 = 2.5 Each horse gets 2.5 pounds of oats. Visual Model: Imagine 10 identical oat pieces (or 10 pounds represented by a bar divided into 10 equal parts). We need to divide these 10 parts equally among 4 horses. One way to visualize is to draw a rectangle divided into 4 equal sections (each section representing each horse). Then, distribute the 10 parts as evenly as possible among the 4 sections. Since 10 cannot be evenly split into whole numbers, each section gets 2 whole parts and the remaining 2 parts are further divided equally, giving each horse an extra 0.5 part. Summing up, each horse gets 2 + 0.5 = 2.5 pounds of oats. Thus, both the equation and the visual model confirm that each horse receives 2.5 pounds of oats.