Word Problems
Teams of 4 students will be formed for a scavenger hunt. How many teams will be formed if 52 students signed up?
52 ÷ 4 = 13 teams
Mary wants to share her collection of 42 marbles equally among 3 of her friends. How many marbles will each of her friends receive?
42 ÷ 3 = 14 marbles each
Jeff buys a box of 30 apples. He eats two apples each day at lunch. How long will the apples last?
30 ÷ 2 = 15 days
Alycia has 164 treats to give to the seven goats at the petting zoo. Each goat gets an equal share of the treats. How many treats will each goat get? How many treats will Alycia have left?
Each goat will get 23 treats.
Alycia will have 3 treats left over.
There are two dozen eggs in the kitchen. A chef is baking cookies for 3 birthday parties. For each party, the chef is using an equal number of eggs. How many eggs does the chef use for one party?
Two dozen eggs = 24
24 ÷ 3 = 8 eggs for each party
A local baker made 132 bagels one day. The baker sells bagels in packages of 6 bagels. He sold all of the bagels. How many packages of bagels did he sell?
132 ÷ 6 = 22 packages of bagels
Michelle traveled 498 miles from Lakeside to West Little River. She made 7 stops along the way. Michelle estimated that she drove about 50 miles between stops. Is her estimate reasonable? Explain.
No, her estimate is not reasonable.
498 ÷ 7 = 71 R1
50 is not close enough to 71 to be reasonable.
Paul claims that when he organizes his collection of seventy marbles into 5 equal piles that there will be 15 marbles in each pile. Is Paul correct? Why or why not?
Paul is incorrect.
70 ÷ 5 = 14 marbles in each pile
Theo bought a T-shirt for $21 and a pair of shorts for $16. He paid with two $20 bills. How much money did Theo get back?
$21 + $16 = $37
$40 - $37 = $3 back
Mr. Girard sells fishing supplies. He traveled 527 miles from Jacksonville to Miami. He made 6 stops at equal intervals, including his final stop. About how many miles did he travel between stops?
527 ÷ 7 = 75 R2
So, he made traveled about 75 miles between stops.
A family of four drove 2,906 miles from San Francisco to New York. They drove the same number of miles each day for 6 days. How many miles did they drive each day? What does the remainder mean?
2,906 ÷ 6 = 484 each day
Remainder of 2
Each football practice is 45 minutes long. The team's next game is 6 practices away. How many minutes will they practice before the game?
45 X 6 = 270 minutes
Choose a value for x so that x ÷ 5 is between 400 and 500. Tell how you decided.
Anything greater than 8,000 but less than 10,000.
A square dance set is made up of 4 couples (8 dancers). Each couple stands on one of the four sides of a square. There are 150 people at the square dance. What is the greatest number of sets possible at the dance?
*Draw a picture to help
150 ÷ 8 = 18 R6
The greatest number of sets possible is 18 .
A family is going on a trip for 3 days. The total cost for the hotel is $336. They budgeted $100 a day for food. How much will each day of the trip cost?
$336 + (100 X 3) = $636
$636 ÷ 3 = $212 per day
OR
($336 ÷ 3) + $100 = $212 per day