Division Word Problems
Lamar has 464.4 kilograms of potatoes to deliver equally to 18 stores. Twelve of the stores are in Beaumont. How many kilograms of potatoes will be delivered to stores in Beaumont?
309.6 kilograms of potatoes
Express 3 and 946/1000 as a decimal
3.946
96 divided by 6
16
There are two fathers and two sons. They walk into a candy store and each buys a candy bar for 50 cents. The total for all of the candy bars was $1.50. How is that possible?
There is a grandfather, a father, and a son.
When I want to divide a number with a decimal divisor, how do you make the divisor a whole number?
Multiply by powers of 10. For example, to change the divisor 0.23 to a whole number, multiply by 100.
Valerie uses 12 fluid oz of detergent each week for her laundry. If there are 75 fluid oz of detergent in the bottle, in how many weeks will she need to buy a new bottle of detergent?
Express in word form 0.005
five thousandths
24 divide 8
3
Solve the following equation:
(204 divide 6) + (3.6 divide 6)
34.6
What is a rule you know for rounding numbers?
If the number to the right is 0-4, it stays the same. If the number to the right is 5-9, round up one digit.
The seating capacity of a concert hall is 2,592. Chairs are being arranged in the concert hall for a performance next week such that there are 54 chairs in each row. If all 2,592 chairs are arranged for the performance, how many rows of chairs will there be?
48 rows
When rounded to the nearest hundredth, which number(s) will result in 12.64?
Select ALL that apply.
A)12.634
B)12.635
C)12.642
D)12.649
E)12.651
F)12.664
B and C
204 divide 6 =
34
What is 5.6 divided by 16
0.35
When I multiply 345 x 123, is this the same as (300 + 40 + 5) x (100 + 20 + 3)?
Yes. This expanded form which can also be shown using the area model.
A farmer collects 252 eggs each month. Each carton the farmer sells to customers must contain 6 eggs. The farmer uses an equation to calculate the maximum number of cartons that can be sold each month. 252÷6=? What is the maximum number of cartons that can be sold each month?
42 cartons
Round to the nearest hundredth, then express 24.357 in words
twenty four and thirty six hundredths (24.36)
What is the quotient of 7,518÷14?
537
What is half of two, plus two
3.
Order of operations: 1/2 x 2 + 2 = 3.
What is the strategy you should use for every word problem in math class?
RDW (Read Draw Write)
A soccer league manager divides all registered players into teams of 15. If 405 players register, how many soccer teams will the manager create?
27 teams
Express 46/1000 as a decimal
0.046
Divide 20 by half and add 30, what do you get?
40. 20 divided into one-half is 10 and the plus 30 is 40.
How do farmers do long division?
with a cow-culator
Is 54 - 19 the same as 55 - 20?
Yes, the difference between the numbers is the same (54 + 1 = 55 and 19 + 1 = 20)