write/solve an equation
Tom planted 8 rows of corn in 3 sections. He also planted 10 rows of soybeans in 4 sections. How many vegetables did he plant in all?
(8 x 3) + (10 + 4) =
64
168 divided by 14
12
Use compatible numbers to estimate the quotient:
7130 divided by 86
7200 divided by 90 = 80
Sara and Sam picked apples over the weekend. Sam picked nine times as many apples as Sara. Together, they picked 310 apples. How many apples did each person pick?
Sara picked 31.
Sam picked 279.
There are 103 students eating lunch in the cafeteria. Each table seats 4 students. All the tables are full, except for one. How many students are sitting at the table that is not full?
3 students
Last week, a dance mom sewed 3 rows of 20 sequins on a costume. This week, she sewed 4 rows of 30 sequins on a costume. How many more did she see this week than last week.
(4 x 30) - (3 x 20) =
60
892 divided by 26
34 r8
5320 divided by 61
5400 divided by 60 = 90
Jen wrote 10 times as many pages of a school report as Tom. Together they wrote 396 pages. How many pages did Tom write?
36 pages
A sporting goods store is going to ship 1,252 sleeping bags. Each shipping carton can hold 8 sleeping bags. How many cartons are needed to ship all of the sleeping bags?
157 cartons
95
3186 divided by 62
51 r24
Use compatible numbers to estimate the quotient:
4128 divided by 48
4000 divided by 50 = 80
Danny has 12 times as many baseball cards as Tony. Between them, they have 208 baseball cards. How many baseball cards does each boy have?
Tony - 16 cards
Danny - 192 cards
Maureen has 243 ounces of trail mix. She puts an equal number of ounces in each of 15 bags. How many ounces of trail mix does Maureen have left over?
3 ounces
A floral designer made 5 arrangements of 8 flowers for some upcoming weddings. The designer also made 7 arrangements of 8 flowers. She divided the arrangements equally among 3 wedding planners. How many does each wedding planner get?
[(5 x 8) + ( 7 x 8 )] / 3 =
32
2950 divided by 67
44 r2
Use compatible numbers to estimate the quotient:
2665 divided by 36
2800 divided by 40 = 70
Shawn bought a pair of shoes, a jacket, and a video game for $363. The cost of the jacket is 6 times the cost of the video game. The shoes cost 4 times more than the cost of the video game. What is the cost of each item?
shoes $132
jacket $198
video game $33
James has 884 feet if rope. There are 12 teams of hikers. If James gives an equal amount of rope to each team, how much rope will each team receive?
73 2/3 feet
Mr. Bauer buys popsicles for field day. He buys 3 packages of 8 cherry popsicles. He also buys 4 packages of 8 blueberry popsicles. He also buys 2 boxes of 12 pineapple popsicles. He divides them equally among 5 classes. How many does each class receive?
[(3 x 8) + (4 x 8) + (2 x 12)] / 5 =
16
2740 divided by 83
33 r1
Use compatible numbers to estimate the quotient:
4858 divided by 73
4900 divided by 70 = 70
Kira, Larry, and Rita picked apples at an orchard. Kira picked 2 times as many pounds as Rita and Larry picked 3 times as many pounds as Rita. The total weight of the apples they picked was 1,278. How many pounds of apples did each person pick?
Kira 426 pounds
Larry 639 pounds
Rita 213 pounds
Ray works at a produce packing plant. He packed 2,172 strawberries last week and put them in containers with 8 in each one. How many containers of strawberries were full?
271 containers