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Distributive Property
100
1/3 x 2/5
2/15
100
The chef made 40 and 1/2 cups of applesauce. The restaurant sells applesauce in portions equal to 1/2 cup. How many portions of applesauce can the restaurant sell?
81 portions of applesauce
100
Bridget has swim lessons every 4 days and diving lessons every 6 days. If she had both today, what is the fewest number of days until she has both lessons on the same day again?
LCM - 12 days
100
Megan has a piece of licorice that is 9 and 9/10 inches long. If she bites off a piece that is 3 and 3/5 inches long, how much is left over?
6 and 3/10 inches
100
Rewrite using distributive property 4 ( 3 + 7 + 1 )
12 + 28 + 4
200
6/5 x 1/6
1/5
200
Todd has a piece of wood that is 20 and 1/4 feet long. He is cutting the wood into equal sized pieces for a project. If each piece measures 2 and 1/4 feet, how many pieces can Todd cut?
9 pieces of wood Not 9 feet or 9 wood...
200
Sandi has 24 red roses and 20 white roses. She is organizing them into identical bouquets. Each one will have the same amount of red and the same amount of white. What is the greatest number of bouquets she can create?
GCF - 4 bouquets Bonus - how many red roses will be in each one?
200
Ryan lifted 40 and 1/5 pounds at the gym. Kate lifted 47 and 3/4 pounds at the gym. How many more pounds did Kate lift?
7 and 11/20 more pounds
200
Rewrite using GCF and distributive property 42 + 18
6 ( 7 + 3 )
300
3/4 divided by 2/9
3 and 3/8
300
Albert runs 1 and 1/3 miles every morning before work. How many days will it take him to run 100 miles?
75 days Bonus - how do you know the label is days and not miles?
300
A group of students is sharing cookies. There are 30 oreos and 20 chips ahoy cookies. If each student will get an equal amount of each type, what is the most students that can share the cookies?
GCF - 10 students Bonus - how many chips ahoy will each student receive?
300
Walter jumped 4 and 1/5 feet in the long jump. Bobby jumped 6 and 1/3 feet. What was their combined distance?
10 and 8/15 feet
300
Rewrite using GCF and distributive property 12 + 100
4 ( 3 + 25 )
400
1 and 2/3 divided by 4/5
2 and 1/12
400
Applebees uses 2/5 of a pound of ground beef to make each cheeseburger. If the restaurant ordered 24 pounds of ground beef, how many cheeseburgers can they make?
60 cheeseburgers
400
Mr. Symonds has 40 markers and 32 pencils. He is going to organize the materials into math bins so that each bin will have the same number of markers and pencils as the other bins. What is the largest number of bins that Mr. Symonds can use?
GCF - 8 bins Bonus - how many markers will be in each bin?
400
Nick is making a cake recipe that requires 3 1/8 cups of flour for 1 cake. How much flour will Nick need to make 4 cakes?
12 and 1/2 cups of flour
400
Rewrite using GCF and distributive property 2 + 6 + 8
2 ( 1 + 3 + 4 )
500
2 and 4/5 divided by 3
14/15
500
Mrs. Smith puts 1/8 of an ounce of sugar in her coffee every morning. How many mornings will a 64 ounce container of sugar last before she runs out?
512 mornings / days
500
Root beer is sold in packs of 4. Capri Sun is sold in packs of 10. Pepsi is sold in packs of 8. Mrs. Lenz wants to have the same amount of each drink at her party. What is the lowest number of drinks she will have to buy to have the same amount of each type.
LCM - 40 drinks Bonus- How many packs of Pepsi will she need to buy?
500
Jason walks 3 and 1/2 miles to the park each day. How many miles will he walk in 7 days?
24 and 1/2 miles
500
Rewrite using GCF and distributive property 21 and 42
21 ( 1 + 2 )