Word Problems
Mrs. Marston wants to save the same amount of money each week for a trip to Mexico. She needs $3,060. If the trip is 36 weeks away, how much money does Mrs. Marston need to save each week?
$85/week
If I wanted to check my work for
762 ÷ 3 = 254 ...
What would I do?
254 x 3 = 762
845 ÷ 5 = 169
What number here shows the dividend?
845
Books are on sale for $7. How many books can you buy with $30?
Ignore/drop the remainder.
2,491 ÷ 13. The first digit in the quotient will be placed in the _____'s place.
ones, tens, hundred's, or thousand's?
hundreds
Mrs. Strnad is having a dinner party for 135 people. If she can fit 9 people at each table, how many tables will Mrs. Strnad need?
15 tables
Mr. Lyder wants to save up $310 for a new PlayStation. He can earn $9 an hour walking dogs in his neighborhood. Give two estimates Mr. Lyder can use to determine how many hours he needs to work to pay for his PlayStation.
Example: 30 x 7 = 210 and 40 x 7 = 280
Acceptable answers:
$9 x 30 = $270
$9 x 40= $360
$10 x 30 = $300
$8 x 40 = $320
8,210 ÷ 2 = 4,105
What number is the quotient?
4,105
There are 35 5th graders in a STEM class. Each table seats four students. How many tables are needed?
9 tables
Round up
What two numbers will give you the best estimate for 689 ÷ 68
600 30
680 and 68
700 100
680 and 68
Mrs. Ritterling needs 322 yards of ribbon to decorate quilts for a craft fair. The ribbon comes in rolls of 15 yards. How many rolls of ribbon should Mrs. Ritterling buy?
22 rolls of ribbon
Mrs. Reedy is checking a division problem by doing....
128 x 7 = 896
896 +3 = 899
What problem is Mrs. Reedy checking?
899 ÷ 128 = 7 r 3
241 ÷ 7 = 34 r 3
What number is the divisor?
7
Meg has a new bookcase with six shelves. Each shelf holds eight books. If Meg has 50 books, how many books will not fit in the bookcase?
2 books
Remainder is the answer
128 ÷ 8 = 14
True or False?
False... 16
Mr. Grove and Miss Sheets are coaches for a basketball league. There are 133 players who signed up. They want to put 9 kids on each team. Mr. Grove thinks they will need 14 teams. Miss Sheets thinks they will need 15 teams. Who is right? Why?
Miguel because it's 14 r 7. With having a remainder 7, they need another team... so 15 teams
Carol estimates "4" for the first digit of the quotient for 2,898 ÷ 88. Is Carol's estimate
too high
too low
just right
too high
9,222 ÷ 13 = 709 r 5
What number is the remainder?
5
The hiking trail to the Mayan ruins is 32 miles long. The Moser family took 3 days to hike the trail. If they traveled the same amount of miles everyday, how many miles a day did they travel to reach the ruins?
10 2/3 miles
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Mrs. Struebing has a dog that weighs 5 times as much as Mrs. Anderson's dog. The total weigh of both dogs is 72 pounds. How much does Mrs. Struebing's dog weigh?
60 pounds
Mrs. Bowers needs 259 cupcakes for an event. Each box holds 15 cupcakes. Mrs. Reed needs twice as many cupcakes as Mrs. Bowers. How many boxes of cupcakes does Mrs. Reed need?
35 boxes
Jenny says 517 ÷ 5 = 103 r2
Use multiplication to show if Emma's answer is correct.
Please write CORRECT or INCORRECT
103 x 5 = 515
515 + 2 = 517
CORRECT>
What is n in the equation?
n ÷ 5 = 45
n=225
What are the four types of remainders?
Sharing
Ignore/drop it
Remainder is the answer
Round up
Mrs. Gallion has 120 sheets of music in her music book. Each section of her music book holds 15 sheets. How many sections are in her sticker book?
8 sections