Story Problems
Read the following. Then, write an expression to match the problem. Then, solve using the Area Model (include your units).
There are 441 strawberry bag items. There are 21 students in Mr. Petry’s math class. How many items can each student get?
441 / 21 =
21 items per student
Read the following. Then, write an expression to match the problem. Then, solve using the Area Model (include your units).
Owen has 169 soccer cards. He wants to give equally to 13 friends. How many cards do they get?
169 / 13 =
13 cards for each friend
Read the following. Then, write an expression to match the problem. Then, solve using the Area Model (include your units).
Joe is having a party and 12 guests are coming. He has 416 cookies. He wants to know how many cookies he and the 12 guests get?
416 / 13 =
32 cookies per guest
Read the following. Then, write an expression to match the problem. Then, solve using the Area Model (include your units).
Mr. Petry has 315 books he doesn’t want. So, he’s doing a garage sale for his books, but he has only 15 tables. If he puts the same number of books on each table, how many books will go on each table?
315 / 15 =
21 books per table
Read the following. Then, write an expression to match the problem. Then, solve using the Area Model (include your units).
The principal of Templeton decided to take their 372 students on a field trip to the Indianapolis Zoo using the school busses. There are only 12 kids able to fit on each bus. How many busses do they need?
372 / 12 =
31 busses needed