Multi-Step Word Problems
In a school, there are 24 classrooms. Each classroom has 18 students. The school decides to arrange the students into groups for a special project. If each group can have 6 students, how many groups will there be?
There will be 72 groups.
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Samantha has 84 marbles. She wants to share the marbles equally with her 4 friends. How many marbles will each friend get?
21 marbles
Solve 112 divided by 4.
28
Use partial quotients to solve:
486 divided by 6.
81
Solve 817 divided by 4.
204 remainder 1.
A toy factory produces 36 toy cars every hour. If the factory operates for 8 hours each day, how many toy cars are made in one day?
After a large order, the factory decides to pack the toy cars into boxes. Each box can hold 8 toy cars. How many boxes are needed to pack all the toy cars made in one day?
288 toy cars are made in one day.
36 boxes are needed to pack all the toy cars made in one day.
Draw a strip diagram and equation to represent the problem:
The family biked 14 miles in the morning. They decided to do it every morning for the 31 days of May. How many miles will they ride in May?
The family bikes 434 miles in May.
Solve 423 divided by 9.
47
Use partial quotients to solve:
567 divided by 7
81
A teacher has 753 stickers to give to her students. If each student gets 8 stickers, how many full students will get stickers, and how many stickers will be left over?
94 students with a remainder of 1.
A farmer has 84 apple trees. Each apple tree produces 56 apples. The farmer wants to pack the apples into baskets. Each basket can hold 7 apples.
1. 4704 apples
2. 672 baskets
Create a strip diagram and equation to represent the problem:
A local survey of Amber’s town shows that 945 people visit the Waterfront Bike Trail every week. If an equal number of people visits every day of the week, how many visitors arrive each day?
135 visitors each day.
Solve 1518 divided by 3.
506
Use partial quotients to solve:
644 divided by 4.
161
A teacher has 1,357 crayons. She wants to distribute them equally among 9 students. After distributing the crayons, how many crayons will each student receive? How many crayons will be left over?
150 crayons with a remainder of 7.
A bakery bakes 36 cupcakes every day. The bakery has been baking for 15 days. After 15 days, the bakery plans to donate 150 cupcakes to a local charity.
1. 540 cupcakes
2. 390 cupcakes
Create a strip diagram and equation to represent the problem:
Jaden is planting flowers in his garden. He plants 18 flowers on the first day and 14 flowers on the second day. On the 3rd day, he plants 3 times as many as the 2nd day. How many flowers does Jaden plant?
Jaden plants 74 flowers.
6195 divided by 7.
885
Use partial quotients to solve:
933 divided by 3
311
A bakery has 1,455 cookies to pack into boxes. Each box can hold 8 cookies. How many full boxes of cookies can the bakery pack, and how many cookies will be left over?
181 boxes remainder 7.
A farmer has 164 eggs. He wants to pack the eggs into cartons. Each carton can hold 12 eggs.
1. 14 cartons
2. 8 more cartons
Create a strip diagram and an equation to represent the problem:
A book store has 567 books for sale. The store sells 128 books in the morning and 146 books in the afternoon. Then, the store decides to shelve the remaining books. Each shelf can hold 20 books. How many shelves will the store need for the remaining books?
15 shelves
5964 divided by 6.
994
Use partial quotients to solve:
8118 divided by 9.
902
A group of friends is organizing a charity event and has 2,489 raffle tickets to sell. They want to pack the tickets into envelopes with 3 tickets per envelope. How many full envelopes can they pack, and how many tickets will be left over?
829 envelopes with a remainder of 2.