Interpreting Remainders
Fiona is trying to finish her math homework so she can go out and play. Each math problem takes her 5 minutes to complete, and she has 15 problems that she needs to do. How many problems is she able to complete in 58 minutes?
11 problems
Complete the comparison sentence, 6.72 ___ 6.27
6.72 is greater than 6.27
Emma is a professional dog walker. She charges $12 to walk big dogs and $8 to walk little dogs. Last week, she walked 9 big dogs and 7 little dogs. How much money did she make all together?
$164
Carl brought a total of 35 cupcakes to school for his birthday. The flavors included chocolate, vanilla, and confetti. If he brought 14 chocolate and 10 vanilla, how many confetti cupcakes did Carl bring?
35-(14+10)=11 cupcakes
Franklin has $24 saved from his allowance. This is 3 times as much as his brother has. How much does his brother have? Brian says that Franklin's brother has $72. What does he do wrong?
He multiplied instead of dividing. Franklin's brother has $8.
Darlene loves to go to the nickel candy store every Friday after school. She saves up her money and has 142 nickels to spend on candy. Her favorite candy costs 7 nickels. How many nickels will Darlene have left to spend after buying as many of her favorite candy as she can?
2 Nickels
Put the following in order from least to greatest. 9/10, .25, 30/100, 1.3, 52/100
.25, 3/10, 52/100, .9, 1.3
Austin and Cheryl went out to dinner and had $60 to spend. Austin's meal cost $11. Cheryl's meal cost twice as much as Austin's. They also left a $6 tip for the waitress. How much money did they have left after dinner?
$21
Gabby has 45 gumballs. The gumballs are green, blue, and red. If she has 12 red and 17 blue gumballs, how many green does she have?
45-(12+17)=16 gumballs
Steven read 12 pages of his assigned reading last night. His friend Sarah read 4 more pages than Steven read. How many pages did Sarah read. Paige things Sarah read 48 pages.
Paige multiplied instead of adding. Sarah read16 pages.
Zack is holding a video game tournament at his local gaming store. He sends out invitations and learns that 47 people are coming. If each gaming station lets 6 people play, how many gaming stations will Zack need to set up so everyone can play at once?
8 Stations
Which expression has the same value as 3 x 2/8?
a. 3 x 6/8
b. 6 x 1/8
c. 8 x 1/6
d. 32 x 1/8
b. 6 x 1/8
While playing a video game, Carley defeated 4 enemies with each enemy defeated earning her 500 points. If she traded in all her points for 10 extra lives, how many points did each life cost her?
200 points
Candace scored 6 goals, and Vanessa scored 8 goals during their field hockey game. All together the team scored 19 goals. How many goals did the rest of the team score?
19-(6+8)=5 goals
A mother is making treat bags for her daughter's birthday party. She has 36 pieces of candy to divide equally between 8 treat bags. How many pieces of candy will go in each bag? John thinks the mother will put 5 pieces of candy in each bag.
John incorrectly rounded the remainder up. The mother put 4 pieces of candy in each bag.
A group of 33 scouts are going on a camping trip. They have access to tents that can each sleep up to 4 people each. How many tents do they need to bring so that each person has a place to sleep?
9 tents
What fraction and whole number has a product of 21/3?
3 x 7/3
Sammy read 5 books, Dean read 7 books, and Bridget read 8 books. One of the books was read by all three children, but every other book was different. How many different books did the children read?
18 different books
Bobby has WAY too much pizza leftover after a party, so he decides to give some to his friends. He has 3 pizzas, and each pizza has 12 slices. If he wants to keep 5 pieces for himself, how many pieces will he have left to hand out to his friends?
(3x12)-5=31 pieces of pizza
A wall measures 18 feet by 22 feet. How much wallpaper would be needed to cover the entire wall? Harper says that 80 feet are needed to cover the wall.
Levi is throwing a birthday party and wants to order pizza. He has $75. Each pizza costs $9. How many pizzas can he order, and how much change will he have left over?
8 pizzas with $3 left over
What is 72/100 + 2/10
92/100
Randy has 78 sports trading cards. He took out his favorite 8 and then equally divided the rest between his two friends, Ken and Nancy. Nancy already had 12 of her sports trading cards. How many cards does Nancy have now?
47 trading cards
Lyle had $27. He went to the arcade and spent $15 on games and then bought two pieces of pizza for $3 each. How much money does he have now?
(27-15)-(2x3)=$6
A recipe Vanessa is making requires 3/4 of a cup of milk. This is 1/4 of a cup more milk than she has. How much milk does Vanessa have? Morgan says that Vanessa has 1 cup of milk.