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100

10^3 =

1000

100

A farmer ships four times as many oranges as tangerines.  The farmer ships 8,260 oranges.  How many tangerines does he ship? 

2,065

100

49/0.07=

700

100

903 X 5=

4515

100

In a movie, 289 aliens plan to visit earth.  Each ship can hold as many as 3 aliens.  What is the least number of ships needed?

For the remainder:

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Round it up

200

9^4=

6561

200

Jamal buys postcards of Washington D.C. for $10.20, not including tax.  Each postcards costs $0.85.  How many postcards does Jamal buy?

12

200

2.8/10^1=

.28

200

37.5 X 3.5=

131.25

200

Basma cuts ribbon to tie onto balloons for the carnival.  She has 925.6 inches of ribbon in all.  If each ribbon must be 24 inches long, how many ribbons can she cut?

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ignore it

300

9^2 - 4^3 =

17

300

Lunch for the band costs $137.20.  The band has 56 members.  How much does each member's lunch cost?

2.45

300

0.04/3.6=

90

300

4.72 X 10=

47.2

300

Six miners divide 15 oz. of gold dust equally.  How many ounces of gold dust does each miner receive?

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form a fraction with it

400

10^3 X 5^2 =

25,000

400

Mr. Adams divides 223 markers equally among the 26 students in his class.  He puts the extra markers in a box.  What is the least number of markers he puts in a box?

15

400

4.72/0.01=

472

400

47.2 X 10^3=

47,200

400

There are 524 goldfish in the pond.  They will be put in indoor tanks for the winter.  If each tank holds 45 fish, how many tanks will be needed?

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Round up

500

280 / 10^3 = 

0.28

500

James lives 3.42 kilometers from school.  Megan lives .76 kilometers from school.  The distance James lives from school is how many times as long as the distance Megan lives from school?

4.5 times

500

36/10^3=

0.036

500

0.63 X 0.27=

0.1701

500

Mr. Lopez made 339 ounces of strawberry jam.  He plans to divide the jam equally among his 12 cousins.  How many ounces of jam will each cousin get?

For the remainder:

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