Mixed Problem Solving
A warehouse has three shelves that can hold 8, 12, or 16 skateboards. Each shelf has sections holding the same number of skateboards. What is the greatest number of skateboards that can be put in a section?
GCF 4
The answer to a division problem is called the __________.
quotient
Carrie has tap every 5 days, and singing every 3 days. When will Carrie have tap an improve on the same day?
Carrie will have tap and singing on the same day on the 15th day.
On Tuesday, Nashita walks to 3/5 of a mile to Pete's Parasailing. She feels a breeze every 1/10 of a mile. How many times does she feel a breeze?
6 times
Jill wants to put 45 sunflower seeds, 81 corn plants, and 63 tomato plants in her garden. If she puts the same number of plants in each row and if each row has only one type of plant, what is the greatest number of plants that Jill can put in one row?
GCF: 9 plants
HOMEWORK Lisa solved 448 math problems for homework over 28 days. If she solved the same number of problems each day, how many problems did she solve per day?
16 problems
Find the LCM of 3 and 9.
The LCM is 27.
Nashita walks to 3/4 of a mile Sam’s Surfboards. As she walks, she stops every 1/4 mile to take a sip from her water bottle. How many times does she stop?
3 times
Monique has 15 oranges, 9 peaches, and 18 pears. She wants to put all of the fruit into decorative baskets. Each basket must have the same number of pieces of fruit in it. Without mixing fruits, what is the greatest number of pieces of fruit that Monique can put in each basket?
GCF: 3 pieces of fruit
SALARY Joshua works for a computer company and receives an annual salary of $38,480. He receives 26 equal pay checks during the year. How much does he receive in each pay check?
$1,480
The high school marching band rehearses with either 6 or 10 members in every line. What is the smallest number of people who can be in the marching band?
30 people
LCM: 30
Lee Ann is making a cake, but can't seem to find the right measuring cup! She needs 5/8 of a cup of flour, but only has the quarter cup!! How many times will she fill up the quarter cup?She will fill it up 2 1/2 times.
She will fill it up 2 1/2 times.
Last month, Shelly earned $15.38 for mowing lawns, $6.25 for cleaning her room, and $12.04 for other chores. How much did she earn last month?
$33.67
I have 890 paper clips. I am dividing them up for 2 of my teachers. How many paper clips does each teacher get?
Each teachers receives 445 paper clips.
In a clock, a large gear completes a rotation every 45 seconds, and a small gear completes a rotation every 18 seconds. If the gears are aligned now, how many seconds will pass before the gears are aligned again?
90 seconds
LCM: 90
Brenda ate 1/2 pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Mark ate 3/4 pint of malt ice cream. How many times more ice cream did Mark eat?
1 1/2 times
Mr. Thomas is delivering bricks to a construction site. His truck holds 387 bricks at one time. The builder has ordered 2,800 bricks. How many trips will Mr. Thomas have to make to deliver all the bricks?
8 trips
TRAVEL Mr. Santiago has a flight from New York to Paris that covers a distance of 3,636 miles. If the plane travels at 520 miles per hour, about how long will it take to get to Paris? (Estimate)
About 8 hours
The Line A bus arrives at the bus stop every 25 minutes, and the Line B bus arrives every 15 minutes. Both are at the bus stop right now. In how many minutes will both be at the bus stop again?
75 minutes
LCM: 75
Three fourths of college students use the Internet more than the library. Nine hundredths use the library more. How many times more students use the Internet?
8 1/3