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Story Problems
100

99 ÷ 9

11

100

Martin is putting books on a shelf. Each shelf holds 9 books. Martin has 47 books. How many shelves will he fill?

Drop the remainder.

100

A train has a total of 216 seats in 3 cars. Each train car has the same number of seats. How many seats are in each train car?

72 seats

200

64 ÷ 8

8

200

Mrs. P. is making new reading groups. Each group can hold 6 people. There are 25 students in the class. How many students will be left over after the groups have been made?

The remainder is the answer.

200

There are 224 kids taking a drawing class. If there are 8 kids in each class, how many classes are there?

28 classes.

300

56 ÷ 6

7

300

It's Lucy's birthday! She wants to bring cookies to her class. Each cookie box holds 12 cookies. There are 27 kids in Lucy's class. How many boxes of cookies does Lucy need to bring?

If there is a remainder, then round up.
300

A worker at the art store puts 280 paint brushes in 8 bins. Each bin has the same number of brushes. How many paint brushes are in each bin?

35 brushes

400

120 ÷ 10

12

400

JoJo is making Valentines for each person in her class. She has 22 students in her class. Each package of Valentines has 20 Valentines in it. How many packages of Valentines does JoJo need?

If there is a remainder, round your answer up.

400

There are 98 boxes of pencils at the store. There are 29 more boxes of chalk than pencils. There are 6 times as many boxes of crayons as chalk. How many boxes of crayons are there?

762 boxes of crayons

500

144 ÷ 12

12

500

Elliot decides to give his Pokemon cards away to 3 friends. If he has 43 cards, how many cards will be left over after he gives his friends an equal amount?

The remainder is the answer.

500

Four friends bought a tent for $244 and sleeping bags for $276. If they share the cost equally, how much will each friend pay?

$130