Word Problems
Kylie planted 18 rows of flowers with 12 flowers in each row. She gave 35 flowers to a neighbor.
How many flowers does Kylie have left?
18 × 12 = 216
216 − 35 = 181 flowers
4,800 ÷ 100 = ______
Answer: 480
Convert:
5 gallons = _____ cups
80 cups
61 ÷ 9 ≈ ______
60 ÷ 10 = 6
What is the value of the 7 in 47,362?
7,000
KrauseHouse theater has 24 rows with 32 seats in each row. 185 seats were empty.
How many seats were filled?
24 × 32 = 768
768 − 185 = 583 seats filled
9,600 ÷ 100 = ______
96
A mural uses 48 cups of paint. The paint is sold in gallon containers. How many gallons of paint are needed?
A baker made 48 loaves of bread. Each loaf used 250 grams of flour.
How many kilograms of flour were used?
12 kilograms
198 ÷ 41 ≈ ______
200 ÷ 40 = 5
A library has 24,000 books. They are placed equally on 600 shelves. The library then adds 8 more books to each shelf.
Ms.A ordered 36 boxes of pencils. Each box contained 24 pencils. The pencils were shared equally among 9 students.
How many pencils did each student receive?
36 × 24 = 864
864 ÷ 9 = 96 pencils
36,000 ÷ 300 = ______
120
Zua and Zared walked 45 kilometers on Monday and 38 kilometers on Tuesday. How many meters did they walk altogether?
918
782 ÷ 98 ≈ ______
800 ÷ 100 = 8
2,950 ÷ 58 ≈ _____
3,000 ÷ 60 = 50
Alisha made 45 trays of muffins. Each tray held 18 muffins. She packed the muffins into boxes that hold 9 muffins each.
How many boxes did she fill?
45 × 18 = 810
810 ÷ 9 = 90 boxes
84,000 ÷ 700 = ______
120
Daniels wildlife center uses 7 bags of bird seed. Each bag weighs 8 pounds. The seed is packed into one-ounce bags. How many bags can they make? Answer?
896 one-ounce bags
2,520 ÷ 48 ≈ ______
2,500 ÷ 50 = 50
Bella is decorating 64 gift bags. Each bag needs 250 centimeters long centimeters of ribbon. How many meters of ribbon does she need altogether?
160 meters
A school bought 28 packs of notebooks. Each pack contained 36 notebooks. After giving 214 notebooks to teachers, the remaining notebooks were shared equally among 14 classrooms.
How many notebooks did each classroom receive?
28 × 36 = 1,008
1,008 − 214 = 794
794 ÷ 14 = 56 notebooks per classroom
540,000 ÷ 900 = ______
600
A baker made 48 loaves of bread. Each loaf used 250 grams of flour.
How many kilograms of flour were used?
12 kilograms
5,920 ÷ 201 ≈ ______
6,000 ÷ 200 = 30
4030x3 using standard algorithm
12,090