Well, if you have a word problem for example:
Maria has 24 backpacks and 12 textbooks. She needs to fit all the books in the backpacks evenly. How will she do that?
So you could do 24 ÷ 12 = 2 textbooks per backpack OR
Add 12 together until you get to 24, 12 + 12 = 24
So all you need to do is show your work and how you solved both solutions to any type of problem. (Hope this was helpful!)