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Sarah and her brother have 280 toy cars. They decide to store them into 7 boxes. How many cars are in each box?
40 cars in each box
Estimate: 621 / 19
= About 31 (620 / 20 OR 62 / 2)
Divide: 128 / 16
8
Divide: 2,320 / 80
29
Spencer's family goes apple picking. They put 200 apples into 4 jumbo baskets. How many apples were in each basket?
50 apples
Divide: 1,474 / 67
= 22
Divide: 1,600 / 20
= 80 (cross out any pairs of 0)
Divide: 956 / 42
= 22 R. 32
Estimate: 452 / 6
= About 80 (480 / 6 = 80)
Divide: 512 / 16
= 32
Estimate: 4,273 / 73
= About 60 (4,200 / 70)
A factory makes 614 books a day. They are packed in boxes of 30. How many books will be left out of boxes?
= 14 books not packed into a box (20 full boxes, 14 books remaining)
The world's largest movie theater holds up to 1,575 people. The 45 sections have the same number of seats. How many seats are in each section?
= 35 seats in each section
Divide: 273 / 11
= 24 R.9
Divide: 45,000 / 900
= 50
Divide: 3,000 / 1,500
= 2
