Word Problems
There are 468 students signed up for dance lessons. If there are 6 students in each class, how many classes are there?
78 classes
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense.
246 divided by 3 = 82
80 x 3 = 240
Yes
Jenna puts 306 pictures into an album. Each page holds 5 pictures. How many many pages is Jenna able to fill with pictures? How many pictures are on a page that is not full?
61 full pages and 1
456 divided by 5
91 R1
829 divided by 7
118 R3
Mike read 34 pages of a book. John read 26 more pages than Mike. Sam read 4 times as many pages as John. How many pages did Evan read?
240 pages
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense.
2,715 divided by 4 = 678 R3
700 x 4 = 2,800
Yes
Principal Clements wants to buy a pencil for each of the 57 fourth-graders in her school. The pencils come in packages of 6. How many packages does Principal Clements need to buy?
9 R3, the remainder makes it necessary to buy 10 boxes
1,247 divided by 4
311 R3
8,473 divided by 6
1,412 R1
Linda collects coins and bought 29 on Friday and 38 on Saturday. She shares the coins equally among herself and 3 friends. She keeps the leftovers for herself. How many coins does Linda have?
19 coins
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense.
3,472 divided by 8 = 434
400 x 8 = 3,200
Yes
Tyler has 71 CDs in his collection. He places the CDs in a book that holds 4 CDs on each page. If Tyler fills each page, how many CDs will be on the last page?
17 R3, 3 CDs on the last apge
9,522 divided by 5
1,904 R2
1,842 divided by 6
307
A toy store is making toys for the holiday season. They make 829 toys but 67 of them break before they can ship them out. The company takes the unbroken toys and ships them out to 6 stores. How many toys does each store receive?
127 toys
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense.
1,838 divided by 5 = 367 R3
400 x 5 = 2,000
Yes
Cesar makes 123 ounces of trail mix. He puts an equal number of ounces in 9 bags. How many ounces does Cesar have left over?
13 R6, 6 ounces left over
9,259 divided by 7
1,322 R5
5,125 divided by 8
640 R5
Susan earns $132 selling bracelets and $98 selling baked goods. She uses that money to buy 5 new pairs of jeans. The jeans all cost the same amount. What is the cost of one pair of jeans?
$46
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense.
927 divided by 5 = 385 R2
400 x 5 = 2,000
No
There are 134 girls and 156 boys signed up for a soccer league. The coaches make teams of 8 players each and then assign any remaining players to make some teams of 9. How many teams are there with 9 players? Explain how you found your answer.
There will be 2 teams with 9 players. I added 134 and 156 and got 290. I then divided 290 by 8 and got 36 R2. The remainder is the answer to the question.
8,360 divided by 4
2,090
9,003 divided by 6
1,500 R3