A recycling company had two hundred twenty-nine pounds of material
to sort. To make it easier they split them into boxes with each full box
having thirty-seven pounds, how many full boxes did they have?
229 ÷ 37 = 6 r7
They will have 6 boxes.
39 ÷ 5,694 = ?
146
Mrs. Rabb is getting new carpet in her classroom. The
length of her classroom is 116 feet long. It is 87 feet wide.
How many square feet of carpet does she need?
116 x 87 = 10,092
Mrs. Rabb needs 10,092 sq. feet of carpet.
A builder needed to buy three hundred twenty-four nails for his latest
project. If the nails he needs come in boxes of thirty-two, how many
boxes will he need to buy?
324 ÷ 32 = 10 r4
He will need to buy 11 boxes.
Farmer Jim keeps 15 hens in every coop. If Farmer Jim
has 20 coops, how many hens does he have in all?
15 x 20 = 300
Farmer Jim has 300 hens
Jonah traveled rode his bike 108 miles per week while
training for Ironman. How many total miles does he travel
in 12 weeks?
108 x 12 = 1,296
Jonah rode 1,296 miles in 12 weeks.
A post office has eight hundred twenty-nine pieces of junk mail they
want to split evenly between forty-two mail trucks. How many extra
pieces of junk mail will they have if they give each truck the same
amount?
829 ÷ 42 = 19 r31
31 extra pieces of junk mail.
3,875 × 42 =?
162,750
It takes twenty-six grams of plastic to make a ruler. If a company had
three hundred ten grams of plastic, how many entire rulers could they
make?
310 ÷ 26 = 11 r24
They could make 11 entire rulers.
A grocery store needed two hundred eighty cans of peas. If the peas
come in boxes with twenty-three cans in each box, how many boxes
would they need to order?
280 ÷ 23 = 12 r4
They will need to order 13 boxes.
Each child brings in 28 pencils. There are 124 fifth graders at Apex Elementary. How many total pencils did the fifth graders bring?
38 x 124 =4,712
There are 4,712 total pencils.
1,241 × 39 = ?
48,399
A baker had nineteen boxes for donuts. He ended up making seven
hundred forty donuts and splitting them evenly between the boxes.
How many extra donuts did he end up with?
740 ÷ 19 = 38 r18
18 extra donuts.
23 ÷ 1,380= ?
60
30 ÷ 7,230=?
241
If Farmer Jim collects 56 eggs from 300 hens each week. How
many eggs does he collect in 4 weeks?
300 x 56 = 16,800
Farmer Jim collects 16,800 eggs in 4 weeks.
5,574 × 57 = ?
317,718
Maria jogs 25 miles every week. If there are 52 weeks in a year, how many miles does Maria jog in 1/2 the year?
25 x 52 ÷ 2 = 650
Maria jogs 650 miles in 1/2 a year
8,175 × 83 = ?
678,525
Each house a carpenter builds needs forty-six electric sockets. If he
bought one thousand eight sockets, how many houses would that
cover?
1008 ÷ 46 = 21 r42
That you cover 21 houses
28 ÷ 8,232 =?
294
Jessa is baking cookies for a bake sale. She bakes 45 dozen cookies. How many total cookies does she bake?
45 x 12 = 540
Jessa baked 540 cookies for the bake sale.
A restaurant needs to buy one hundred seventy-six new plates. If each
box has seventeen plates in it, how many boxes will they need to buy?
176 ÷ 17 = 10 r6
They will need to buy 11 boxes.
2,107 × 11 = ?
23,177
There are 52 cattle cars on today’s train in Texas.
Each car holds 36 cows. How many cows are on the train?
52 x 36 = 2,323
There are 2,323 cows on the train.
Maxwell has 16 boxes of toy cars. He has 87 cars in each
box. How many total cars does he altogether?
16 x 87 = 1,392
Maxwell has 1,392 toy cars
There are six hundred sixty-eight people attending a luncheon. If a
table can hold thirty-three people, how many tables do they need?
668 ÷ 33 = 20 r8
They will need to order 21 tables.
If 300 hens lay 9 eggs on Monday, how many eggs will
Farmer Jim collect on Monday?
300 x 9 =2,700
He will collect 2,700 eggs on Monday.
56 ÷ 6,496 = ?
116
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