Word Problems
There are 4,300 pieces of popcorn and 54 students. We want to distribute popcorn to each student for the movie tomorrow. If we give each student the same amount of popcorn, how many pieces of popcorn will each student receive? How much popcorn is left over?
79 pieces each 34 pieces left over 79 R34
or
60 if you rounded; 4,300 to 4,000 and 54 to 50.
567 divided by 34
16 R23
or
20
4,320 divided by 36
120
The owner of Angelo's restaraunt spent $888 on 46 new frying pans. About how much was each frying pan?
$20
or
$18 if you rounded; $888 to $900 and 46 to 50.
8100 divided by 90
90
8,262 divided by 27
306
495 t-shirts are packaged in 47 boxes. About how many t-shirts are in each box?
10
975 divided by 5
195
or
200
A local firestation held a basket bingo and raised $3,250. Each person paid $25 to attend. The newspaper incorrectly reported that 400 people attended. How many people actually attended?
130
42,000 divided by 70
600
Jake bought 4 new tires for his car. He spent a total of $328. How much was each tire?
$82
8,420 divided by 72
116 R68
or
120