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Word Problems
Word Problems
100

93 / 3

31

100

720 / 8

90

100

2,800 / 4

700

100

Caroline bikes 1,754 miles in six months. If she bikes the same number of miles each month, about how many miles does she bike each month?

1,800 / 6 = 300

100

On Tuesday night at the major league baseball game, $6,008 worth of nachos were sold. If nachos were $4, about how many nachos did they sell?

$6,000 / $4 = 1500

200

38 / 3 

12 r 2

200

9,349 / 3

3,116 r 1

200

8,136 / 5

1,627 r 1

200

The instructors of a dog training class have 56 treats. If each dog gets 5 treats, how many dogs are there? How many treats are left over?

11 r 1

200

Russell has 3,935 bricks he is using to build a house. Russell and his 4 friends are going to move the bricks with their trucks. Each truck will carry the same number of bricks. How many bricks will each truck carry?

3,935 / 5 = 787

300

540 / 5 

108

300

1,810 / 6

301 r 4

300

42 / 5

8 r 2

300

Mr. Dolan wants to buy a new car that is $8,655. If he makes 5 equal payments, how much will each payment be?

$8,655 / 5 = $1,731

300

Over a period of 3 days, 9,684 people visited the park. If the same number of people visited each day, how many people visited the park in one day?

9,684 / 3 = 3,228

400

247 / 7 

35 r 2

400

45 / 4

11 r 1

400

6,357 / 5

1,271 r 2

400

Three schools are holding a dance to raise money for the community. The tickets cost $9. Each school raised $1790. About how many total people bought tickets?

1,800 / 9 = 200

400

A department store printed 4,135 coupons to mail to households in its neighborhood. Each household got 4 coupons. How many coupons were left over?

4,135 / 4 = 1033 r 3

3 were left over

500

98 / 4

24 r 2

500

7,621 / 2

3,810 r 1

500

318 / 3

106

500

Mr. and Mrs. Datz are saving money to buy 2 computers. Mr. Datz saved $1930 and Mrs. Datz saved $1783. If they combine their money and spend the same amount on each computer, how much will each computer cost? How much money will they have left?

$1,930 + $1,783 = $3713

$3,713 / 2 = $1856 r 1. 

500

Keaton had 25 party favors at his birthday party. There were 7 guests at the party. Each guest got an equal number of party favors. How many party favors did each guest get?

25 / 7 = 3 r 4

Each guest got 3 party favors.

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