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Michael has 12 more paper airplanes than Wuilfredo. If Wuilfredo has 18 paper airplanes, how many paper airplanes does Michael have?
Michael has 30 paper airplanes.
The library has 41 shelves, and each shelf can hold 5 books. If the library fills every shelf, how many books are there in total?
205 books
Autumn is planning a party and needs to buy party favors for her guests. She buys 8 packs of balloons, and each pack has 15 balloons. She decorates her house with 32 balloons, how many balloons will she have left?
She will have 88 balloons left!
Alex is organizing chairs for a Literacy Night. There are 36 rows of chairs, and each row has 3 chairs. How many chairs are there in total?
108 chairs
On Monday, a bakery sold 54 cupcakes. On Wednesday, the bakery sold 18 more cupcakes than on Monday. How many cupcakes did the bakery sell on Wednesday?
Write an equation with an unknown variable.
54+18=C
Andrea counted 7 times as many bookbags as lunch boxes at school. She counted 8 lunch boxes.
56 bookbags
A farmer has 53 apple trees in his orchard. Each tree produces about 3 baskets of apples each year. How many baskets of apples does the farmer collect in total from all his trees?
159 apples
Ms. Elliott ordered 132 pencils, 97 journals, 146 books, and 45 markers for her classroom from Amazon. How many items did she order altogether?
420 items from Amazon
If Ms. Elliott bought 420 items from Amazon and she could only fit 8 items in a box, how many boxes will she need to fit every single item?
53 boxes so no item is without a box!
A box of pencils contains 80 packs. Each pack has 9 pencils. How many pencils are there in total?
Write an equation with an unknown variable.
80x9=P
Liam has 7 toy cars. His friend Jurgen has 4 times as many toy cars as Liam. How many toy cars does Jurgen have?
Jurgen has 28 toy cars.
Jaemor Farms made 43 baskets of tulips to sell. If each basket had 58 tulips, how many tulips were for sale?
2,494 tulips were for sale
There are 186 girls and 219 boys going on a camping trip from Rockbridge Elementary. Six students will travel with each teacher. If all the students must be with a teacher, how many teachers are needed?
68 teachers will be needed so there are no students without a teacher!
Mariam earns $1,275 each time she makes art for a home. If she makes art for 8 houses, how much money does Mariam earn?
She will make $10,200
A teacher has 48 pencils and wants to give the same number of pencils to 6 students. How many pencils will each student receive?
Write an equation with an unknown variable.
48 divided by 6=P
Lupita’s sunflower is 6 times as tall as her daisy plant. If the sunflower is 42 inches tall, how tall is the daisy plant?
The daisy plant is 7 inches tall.
Daisy is buying packs of stickers for Literacy Night. If there are 396 people and each pack contains 6 stickers, how many packs of stickers did Daisy purchase?
66 packs of stickers
Alan bought a hat that cost $30 and 4 pairs of shoes. He spent $182 total. What was the cost of each shoe?
One shoe cost $38.00
A bookstore has $655 to buy new books. If each box of books costs $9, how many boxes of books can the bookstore purchase? How much money will be left over?
72 boxes of books with 7 left over.
A class of 36 students needs to be divided into 4 equal groups for a science project. How many students will be in each group?
What are two ways to write this situation as an equation with an unknown variable?
36 divided by 4=S
4 x S = 36
Fredy saved $40 over the summer. His brother saved $160. How many times more money did his brother save over the summer?
4 times more money.
The third grade students are making bags of candy for Literacy Night. There are 854 pieces of candy. Each bag will contain 3 pieces of candy. How many complete bags of candy can the students make for the bake sale?
284 complete bags
Kevin, Genesis, Erika, and Aaron are earning Mustang bucks. Kevin earned 9 bucks. Genesis earned 4 times as many tickets as Kevin. Erika earned 42 tickets. Aaron earned 10 more tickets than Erika. How many Mustang bucks did Genesis and Aaron earn?
Genesis earned 36 bucks and Aaron earned 52.
A construction worker is placing 4,382 screws into boxes. He divides the screws equally into 7 boxes. How many screws will go in each box?
626 screws in each box
Victor sold 6 times as many Takis as his cousin. Victor sold 42 bags of Takis. How many bags did his cousin sell?
What are two ways to write this situation as an equation with an unknown variable?
42 divided by 6=T
6 x T = 42