Word Problems
During a normal day, there are 280 planes taking off from the airport, but the airport is a lot busier during Christmas. During the Christmas holidays, about 336 planes take off every day from the airport.
During the Christmas holidays, the airport opens 12 hours during each day, how many planes take off from this airport each hour?
336 ÷ 12 = 28
28 planes take off from this airport each hour during the Christmas holidays.
28 ÷ 4 =
7
852 ÷ 6 =
142
1,432 ÷ 4 =
358
517 ÷ 5 =
103 r 2
A stadium has 10,500 seats and 8 VIP boxes. The stadium is divided into 12 equal sections: 2 premium sections and 10 standard sections. A seat at the premium section costs $48 per game. A seat at the standard section costs $27 per game.
How many seats are there in each section?
10,500 ÷ 12 = 875
There are 875 seats in each section.
91 ÷ 7 =
13
544 ÷ 8 =
68
5,037 ÷ 3 =
1,679
638 ÷ 4 =
159 r 2
A stadium has 10,500 seats and 8 VIP boxes. The stadium is divided into 12 equal sections: 2 premium sections and 10 standard sections. A seat at the premium section costs $48 per game. A seat at the standard section costs $27 per game.
If there are 35 seats in each row, how many rows are in each section?
875 ÷ 35 = 25
There are 25 rows in each section.
72 ÷ 4 =
18
669 ÷ 7 =
95 r 4
1,472 ÷ 16 =
92
508 ÷ 8 =
63 r 4
A library has 3,489 non-fiction books, 8,617 fiction books, and 1,240 reference books.
Each patron pays an annual fee of $36 to the library. If the library collects $20,304 from the annual fee, how many patrons are there?
20,304 ÷ 36 = 564
There are 564 patrons.
75 ÷ 5 =
15
476 ÷ 15 =
31 r 11
6,578 ÷ 34 =
193 r 16
3,088 ÷ 4 =
772
A multi-level parking lot has 6 levels and there is a total of 1,327 parking spots.
There are 162 parking spots on the first level. The rest of the parking spots are distributed equally on the other 5 levels. How many parking spots are there on the top level?
(1,327 − 162) ÷ 5 = 233 There are 233 parking spots on the top level.
84 ÷ 6 =
14
744 ÷ 30 =
24 r 24
8,139 ÷ 21 =
387 r 12
80,257 ÷ 97 =
827 r 38