Vocabulary
Word Problems
Estimation
Interpret the Remainder
Solve for the Variable
100
What does the red 3 represent?
What is the remainder
100
The instructors of a dog training class have 56 treats. If each dog gets 5 treats, how many dogs are there? How many treats are left over?
What is 11 dogs with 1 treat left over
100
Solve using estimation:
51/4
48/4=12
52/4=13
50/5=10
55/5=11
100
The cafeteria fridge can store milk cartons in stacks of 6. If each worker carries no more than one stack, what is the least number of cafeteria workers needed to carry milk cartons for a class of 32?
What is 6
100
Solve for the variable:
36 / 3 = b
What is b=12
200
What are the same four steps for every division problem?
What is divide, multiply, subtract, and bring down
200
Mr. Mason wants to buy a new car for $8,655. If he makes 5 equal payments, how much will each payment be?
What is $1,731
200
Solve using estimation:
77/21
What is 80/20=4
84/21=4
200
James is pouring apple juice into 6 ounce containers. If the apple juice is 128 ounces, how many glasses can be filled?
What is 21 glasses
200
Solve for the variable:
c x 5 =540
What is c=108
300
Numbers that are close to the numbers they're replacing that divide evenly into each other.
For example: 2727/4 ---> 2800/4
What are compatible numbers
300
On a Saturday night at the Great Lakes Loons game, $6,008 worth of nachos were sold. If nachos were $4, about how many nachos did they sell?
What is 1,502
300
Solve using estimation:
87.52/10.27
What is 90/10=9
300
Gabriel has 1,348 tomato plants. He wants to plant them in rows of 8. How many full rows of plants will he have?
What is 168 rows
300
Solve for the variable:
9,349 / m = 3
What is m=3,116 r1
400
Correctly identify the quotient, dividend and divisor in the problem below:
Dividend: 139
Divisor: 6
Quotient: 23 r1
400
Mr. and Mrs. Turner are saving money to buy 2 computers. Mr. Turner saved $1,930 and Mrs. Turner saved $1,783. If they combine their money and spend the same amount on each computer, how much will each computer cost? How much money will they have left?
What is $1,856 with $1 left.
400
Solve using estimation:
1723/32
What is 1800/30=60
400
A carpenter has a board that is 10 feet long. He wants to make 6 table legs that are all the same length. What is the longest each leg can be?
What is 20 inches or 1 ft 8 inches long
400
Solve for the variable:
7 x a = 247
What is a=35 r2
or
35(2/7)
500
This is a method of division where you break the dividend into parts that are easier to divide.
What is partial quotients
500
Three schools are holding a dance to raise money for the community. The tickets cost $9. Each school raised $1,790. About how many total people bought tickets?
What is 596 or 597
500
Solve using estimation:
34883/43
36000/40=900
32000/40=800
35000/50=700
500
Nora has 10,033 marbles in her collection. She wants to divide these marbles between her and six friends. How many marbles would each person get?
What is 1,433 marbles
500
5134 / x = 17
x=302