Word Problems
Shannon read 28 pages in a book. Lee read 29 more pages than Shannon. Evan read 3 times as many pages as Lee. How many pages did Lee read?
171 pages
Estimate to find a reasonable quotient.
439/7
420/7
744/6
124
A company makes 840 cell phones. Testing shows that 45 of them don't work correctly. The rest are shipped to 5 stores. How many cell phones does each store receive?
159 cell phones
1,764/4
1,600/4
926/9
102 R 8
Conrad earns $124 mowing lawns and $88 delivering newspapers. He uses all of the money to buy 2 pairs of shoes. Each pair costs the same amount. What is the cost of one pair of shoes?
$106
3,128/6
3,000/6
8,344/8
1,043
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 paint brushes
236/5
200/5
or
250/5
470/3
156 R 2
There are 8 stickers in each package. If there are a total of 944 stickers, how many packages of stickers are there?
118 packages
4,435/7
4,200/7
5,752/2
2,876