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Distributive Property
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100

About how many 458 divided by 9 is.

What 50?

100

The original math problem before it was broken apart into this distributive property: (100/4) + (28/4)

What is 128 divided by 4?

100

You have 88 toy cars that go in boxes. Each box holds 9 cars. This is the number of boxes you need to put all your toys away neatly. 

What is 10?

100

You have 4 longs and 8 cubes that will be divided into 3 equal groups. This is the number that will be in each group. 

What is one long and 6 cubes? (or 16)

100

32 divided by 4

What is 8?

200

About how many 562 divided by 7 is. 

What is 80?

200

The original math problem before it was broken apart into this distributive property: (120/4) + (8/4)

What is 128 divided by 4

200

3 stores have 627 yo-yos. This is the amount each store has. 

What is 209?

200

There are 112 seats at the movies. There 7 seats in each row. There are already 70 people filling up 10 rows. This the number of empty rows. 

What is 6?

200

420 divided by 6

What is 70?

300

About how many 88 divided by 9 is.

What is 90?

300

The original math problem before it was broken apart into this distributive property: (64/4) + (64/4)

What is 128 divided by 4?

300

You have 224 ounces of dish soap in 4 bottles. This is the amount of ounces in each bottle. 

What is 56?

300

The number sentence that can be used to explain 48 divided into 4 groups, taking away each group one at a time.

What is 48-12-12-12-12= 0

300

3,018 divided by 6

What is 503?

400

About how many 620 divided by 3 is.

What is 200?

400

The original math problem before it was broken apart into this distributive property: (100/5) + (50/5)

What is 150 divided by 5?

400

This is number of photographs should go in each album if I took 560 photos and have 7 albums. 

What is 80?

400

The two numbers you would find the quotient between after dividing 87 by 5. Hint: the answer is multiples of 5

What is 15 and 20?

400

40,064 divided by 8

What is 5,008?

500

About how many 278 divided by 7 is.

What is 40?

500

The original math problem before it was broken apart into this distributive property: (270/3) + (18/3)

What is 288 divided by 3?

500

There are 40 people who want to ride a boat and each boat can carry 6 people. 6 x 6 = 36, so Mark says 6 boats are needed. This is why Mark is wrong.

What is...Mark needs to add 1 more to the quotient (answer) for the 4 other people?

500

The digit that is in the tens place of the quotient of 546 divided by 7.

What is 7?

500

36,390 divided by 6

What is 6,065?