Word Problems
Vivi wants to save the same amount of money each week for a trip to Mexico. She needs $3,060. If the trip is 36 weeks away, how much money does Vivi need to save each week?
$85/week
If I wanted to check my work for
762 ÷ 3 = 254 ...
What would I do?
254 x 3 = 762
845 ÷ 5 = 169
What number here shows my dividend?
845
Draw a picture to represent 143 ÷ 11 using base ten blocks. Write the quotient and circle it.
13
2,491 ÷ 13. The first digit in the quotient will be placed in the _____'s place.
ones, tens, hundred's, or thousand's?
hundreds
Oscar is having a dinner party for 135 people and didn't invite Miss Jermacnas. If Oscar can fit 9 people at each table, how many tables will Oscar need?
15 tables
Angelee wants to save up $310 for a new PlayStation. She can earn $9 an hour walking dogs in her neighborhood. Give me two estimates Angelee can use to determine how many hours she needs to work to pay for her PlayStation.
Example: 30 x 7 = 210 and 40 x 7 = 280
Acceptable answers:
$9 x 30 = $270
$9 x 40= $360
$10 x 30 = $300
$8 x 40 = $320
8,210 ÷ 2 = 4,105
What number is the quotient?
4,105
Use partial quotients to solve 920 ÷46 using partial products.
20
What two numbers will give you the best estimate for 689 ÷ 68
600 30
680 and 68
700 100
680 and 68
Genevieve needs 322 yards of ribbon to decorate quilts for a craft fair. The ribbon comes in rolls of 15 yards. How many rolls of ribbon should Genevieve buy?
22 rolls of ribbon
Isaias is checking a division problem by doing....
128 x 7 = 896
896 +3 = 899
What problem is Isaias checking?
899 ÷ 128 = 7 r 3
241 ÷ 7 = 34 r 3
What number is my divisor?
7
Using base-ten blocks, solve 156 ÷ 13
12
128 ÷ 8 = 14
True or False?
False... 16
Miguel and Skyler are coaches for a basketball league. There are 133 players who signed up. They want to put 9 kids on each team. Skyler thinks they will need 14 teams. Miguel thinks they will need 15 teams. Who is right? Why?
Miguel because it's 14 r 7. With having a remainder 7, they need another team... so 15 teams
Jashan estimates "4" for the first digit of the quotient for 2,898 ÷ 88. Is Jashan's estimate
too high
too low
just right
too high
9,222 ÷ 13 = 709 r 5
What number is the remainder?
5
2,356 ÷ 27
Divide using any way you like best!
87 r 7
Miss Jermacans has a dog that weighs 5 times as much as Nayeli's dog. The total weigh of both dogs is 72 points. How much does Miss Jermacans' dog weigh?
60 pounds
Galilea needs 259 cupcakes for an event. Each box holds 15 cupcakes. Christian needs twice as many cupcakes as Galilea. How many boxes of cupcakes does Christian need. Why?
35 boxes
Emma says 517 ÷ 5 = 103 r2
Use multiplication to show if Emma's answer is correct.
Please write CORRECT or INCORRECT
103 x 5 = 515
515 + 2 = 517
CORRECT>
Tell me what the dividend should be...
? ÷ 5 = 45
225
986 ÷ 26
Divide using partial quotients. MUST SHOW WORK FOR CREDIT!
37 r24
Genevieve has 120 stickers in her sticker book. Each page of her sticker book holds 15 stickers. How many pages are in her sticker book?
8 pages