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100

32 x 54 

1,728

100

1,278 / 18

71

100

A school group won tickets to a Carolina Hurricanes hockey game.   The group of 250 students and teachers will sit in one section.  Each row in the section contains 16 seats.  How many rows will they need to use so that everyone has a seat?

 250 ÷ 16 = 15 r 10      Round up.  You will need 16 rows to seat everyone.  If you only have 15 rows, you will have 10 people without seats. 

100

A teacher has 196 pieces of candy to give to his students. He will divide the candy evenly among his 28 students. How many pieces of candy does each student get?

196 ÷ 28 = 7; each student will receive 7 pieces of candy

100

Miss Mason plans to purchase 22 computers for her class. The price of a computer is $329. Solve to determine the amount she will spend.

7,238

200

145 x 21

3,045

200

9,256 / 52

178

200

While at the game, Abby, Meagan, Riley, and Whitney shared a tub of popcorn.  The cost of the popcorn was six dollars, including tax.  The four friends split the cost of the popcorn evenly.  How much did each friend have to pay?

$6.00 ÷ 4 = $1.50   Write as a decimal.  Each friend will pay $1.50.  You will need to use a decimal number since you are working with money and the full amount is being shared equally.  Some of the dollars need to be split among the friends.

200

Tom has 2,835 cans to stock on 15 shelves. His manager requires that he put the same number of cans on each shelf. How many cans will Tom put on each shelf?

2,835 ÷ 15 = 189; Tim will put 189 cans on each shelf

200

A soccer team has 18 players, and each player needs a new jersey. If each jersey costs $25, how much will the team need to pay in total for all the jerseys?

450

300

When using standard algorithm multiplication, what is important to remember? 

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300

3,502 / 12

291 r 10

300

During the warm ups, several practice pucks were used by the players.  After warm ups were over, the staff collected the pucks and put them in boxes of 12.  Any extra pucks that did not fill a box were given to the fans.  If they collected 81 pucks from the ice, how many pucks did they give the fans?

81 ÷ 12 = 6 r 9    Remainder only.  The staff filled 6 boxes with pucks and gave the remaining 9 to the fans.

300

The sprinklers at a golf course spray 4,592 gallons of water in 56 minutes. How many gallons of water do the sprinklers spray in 1 minute?

4,592 ÷ 56 = 82; 82 gallons in 1 minute

300

In a soccer tournament, there are 12 teams competing. If each team wins a trophy that costs $58, how much will be spent on trophies for all the teams?

696

400

295 x 141

41,595

400

7,008 / 24

292

400

The Carolina Hurricanes Community Relations team sent several boxes of cookies to the section where the school group was sitting.  Each row of 16 people was given one box of 40 cookies to share evenly. How many cookies did each person get to eat?

40 ÷ 16 = 2 ½   Make a fraction. Each person gets to eat 2 ½ cookies.  After giving everyone 2 cookies, there are still 8 left over.  Since there are 16 people in the row, they each get another ½ cookie.

400

Karina would like to go with Rhia to Michigan, but by the time she purchased her ticket, she realized she will need to earn $1,593 to pay for the trip herself. Karina babysits and earns $15 per hour. How many hours will Karina need to babysit in order to earn all of the money she needs for the trip to Michigan?

1,593 ÷ 15 = 106 r 3; 107 days

400

A soccer field is 75 meters long and 45 meters wide. What is the total area of the soccer field in square meters?

3,375

500

352 x 286

100,672

500

6,932 / 29

239 r 1 

500

After the game, Jackson wanted to buy some souvenir pucks for his family and friends.  He had 25 dollars in his pocket and the pucks cost 4 dollars each, including tax.  How many pucks would Jackson be able to purchase?

 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1    Ignore the remainder.  Jackson is able to purchase 6 pucks.  Jackson will have one dollar left, which is not enough money to purchase another puck.

500

The Scrambled Egg Company recently bought more hens. Yesterday they gathered 5,436 eggs from their hen houses. If they pack a dozen eggs in each carton, how many cartons will they fill? Use a visual model to represent your work.

5,436 ÷ 12 = 453; 453 cartons were filled

500

A sports store is selling soccer balls for $15 each. If a school wants to buy 316 soccer balls, how much will they need to pay in total?

4,740