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Ms. Stacy has 10 stickers and she wants to share them equally with 5 of her students. How many stickers will each student get?

2 stickers

100

6x3=_______

18

100

5 hippos each received 2 bags of food. Draw

an array to show how much food the hippos

received in total.

Show picture. 10 bags

200

Josh works at a cellphone store. He is in charge of setting up 20 cellphones so that people can see them. 5 cellphones fit on each shelf. How many shelves does he need in order to set up the 20 cellphones? Give the answer and also the division problem.

4 shelves      20 divided by 5= 4 shelves

200

3x____=18

6

200

Lisa has 3 cats. She buys each cat 4 toys. How many toys did she buy all together? Draw a picture.

12 toys

300

2. Josh stacks 18 cell phones into piles. He puts 3 cell phones in each pile. Draw a picture to show how many piles of cell phones Josh stacked. How many piles of cell phones does he stack?

6 piles

300

(4x4) + (2x4)=_______

16+8= 24

300

Misty puts 12 cookies into small ziplock baggies. Each baggie can hold 2 cookies. Draw a picture and write a number sentence to show how many baggies she needs. 

Show picture. 6 baggies.

400

b. Josh stacked 18 computer monitors into piles of 6. How many piles of computer monitors Josh stack? 

3 piles 

400

4 x 5 = _____ x 5 + _____ x 5

4 x 5 = _2__ x 5 + _2__ x 5

400

William has 4 baskets with 6 apples in each basket. Draw a picture and how many total apples does William have?

24 apples. Show picture.

500

Billy has 32 seeds and he will plant them in his garden. He has 4 rows in his garden where he can plant his plants. How many seeds will he need to plant in each row?

8 seeds

500

Josh downloads apps on the new tablets. Each tablet needs 5 tablets downloaded. He downloads apps on 10 tablets. Draw a picture.

5x10=50 apps

500

Jeff completes 25 yearbooks and places them in boxes. Each box fits 5 yearbooks. Draw a picture and write a number sentence to show how many boxes he fills.

Show picture. 25 divided by 5 = 5 boxes

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