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1) A movie theater tickets sold six tickets and made $24. How much was eachticket?

2) Victor earned three dollars per bag of cans recycled. If he earned eighteendollars, how many bags did he recycle?

3) A carpenter built forty-eight bird houses. He spent six days making them andhe made the same number each day. How many did he make each day?

4) Each day a movie theater used three pounds of butter. If they used fifteenpounds of butter, how many days did it take?

5) A movie theater used eight pounds of butter in four days. How many poundsdid they use each day?

6) At a movie theater tickets were $2 each. If they sold $4 worth of tickets, howmany tickets did they sell?

7) A pet store made $18 selling gerbils. They sold six gerbils. How much dideach one cost?

8) A flowers shop used six flowers per bouquet. If they used twenty-fourflowers total, how many bouquets did they make?

9) Zoe was buying soap for her bathroom. Each pack had nine bars. If sheended up with fifty-four bars total, how many packs did she buy?

10) George had twenty figures to put on shelves in his room. He put four on eachshelf. How many shelves were in George's room?

11) A delivery driver made exactly two stops each day. If he made six stops, howmany days did he work?

12) An employee at a construction site earned forty-nine dollars. If he workedseven hours, how much money did he earn per hour?

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1) A movie theater tickets sold six tickets and made $24. Howmuch was each ticket?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

2) Victor earned three dollars per bag of cans recycled. If heearned eighteen dollars, how many bags did he recycle?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

3) A carpenter built forty-eight bird houses. He spent six daysmaking them and he made the same number each day. Howmany did he make each day?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

4) Each day a movie theater used three pounds of butter. Ifthey used fifteen pounds of butter, how many days did ittake?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

5) A movie theater used eight pounds of butter in four days.How many pounds did they use each day?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

6) At a movie theater tickets were $2 each. If they sold $4worth of tickets, how many tickets did they sell?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

7) A pet store made $18 selling gerbils. They sold six gerbils.How much did each one cost?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

8) A flowers shop used six flowers per bouquet. If they usedtwenty-four flowers total, how many bouquets did theymake?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

9) Zoe was buying soap for her bathroom. Each pack had ninebars. If she ended up with fifty-four bars total, how manypacks did she buy?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

10) George had twenty figures to put on shelves in his room. Heput four on each shelf. How many shelves were in George'sroom?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

11) A delivery driver made exactly two stops each day. If hemade six stops, how many days did he work?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

12) An employee at a construction site earned forty-nine dollars.If he worked seven hours, how much money did he earn perhour?

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1) A movie theater tickets sold 6 tickets and made $24. How much was eachticket?

2) Victor earned 3 dollars per bag of cans recycled. If he earned 18 dollars, howmany bags did he recycle?

3) A carpenter built 48 bird houses. He spent 6 days making them and he madethe same number each day. How many did he make each day?

4) Each day a movie theater used 3 pounds of butter. If they used 15 pounds ofbutter, how many days did it take?

5) A movie theater used 8 pounds of butter in 4 days. How many pounds didthey use each day?

6) At a movie theater tickets were $2 each. If they sold $4 worth of tickets, howmany tickets did they sell?

7) A pet store made $18 selling gerbils. They sold 6 gerbils. How much dideach one cost?

8) A flowers shop used 6 flowers per bouquet. If they used 24 flowers total,how many bouquets did they make?

9) Zoe was buying soap for her bathroom. Each pack had 9 bars. If she endedup with 54 bars total, how many packs did she buy?

10) George had 20 figures to put on shelves in his room. He put 4 on each shelf.How many shelves were in George's room?

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1) Ned had twenty-seven dollars. If he wanted to give three dollars to hisfriends, how many friends could he give money to?

2) Adam spent thirty quarters buying sodas from a soda machine. He bought sixsodas. How many quarters did it cost per soda?

3) A laundry mat used fourteen boxes of soap in seven days. If they used thesame number of boxes each day, how many boxes did they use a day?

4) A movie theater tickets sold six tickets and made $30. How much was eachticket?

5) For Emily's birthday she got $14 total from seven friends. If they each gaveher the same amount, how much did each friend give her?

6) Larry's Lawn Care mowed twenty-eight lawns in seven weeks. If theymowed the same number of lawns each week, how many did they mow aweek?

7) Mike had two shelves in his room with the same number of figures on each.If he has fourteen figures on the shelves, how many were on each?

8) A chef cooked sixteen meals total, cooking four meals each minute. Howmany minutes did he spend cooking?

9) A toy store made sixty-three dollars selling frisbees. They sold nine frisbees.How much did each one cost?

10) Dave earned eight dollars per bag of cans recycled. If he earned twenty-fourdollars, how many bags did he recycle?

11) There are eight players per team at a trivia contest. If there are twenty-fourplayers total, how many teams are there?

12) Frank was reading a book with six chapters. Each chapter was the samenumber of pages. If the book was eighteen pages long, how many pages werein each chapter?

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1) Ned had twenty-seven dollars. If he wanted to give threedollars to his friends, how many friends could he givemoney to?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

2) Adam spent thirty quarters buying sodas from a sodamachine. He bought six sodas. How many quarters did itcost per soda?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

3) A laundry mat used fourteen boxes of soap in seven days. Ifthey used the same number of boxes each day, how manyboxes did they use a day?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

4) A movie theater tickets sold six tickets and made $30. Howmuch was each ticket?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

5) For Emily's birthday she got $14 total from seven friends. Ifthey each gave her the same amount, how much did eachfriend give her?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

6) Larry's Lawn Care mowed twenty-eight lawns in sevenweeks. If they mowed the same number of lawns each week,how many did they mow a week?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

7) Mike had two shelves in his room with the same number offigures on each. If he has fourteen figures on the shelves,how many were on each?

Equal Groups(Group Size Unknown)

8) A chef cooked sixteen meals total, cooking four meals eachminute. How many minutes did he spend cooking?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

9) A toy store made sixty-three dollars selling frisbees. Theysold nine frisbees. How much did each one cost?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

10) Dave earned eight dollars per bag of cans recycled. If heearned twenty-four dollars, how many bags did he recycle?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

11) There are eight players per team at a trivia contest. If thereare twenty-four players total, how many teams are there?

Equal Groups(Number Of Groups Unknown)

12) Frank was reading a book with six chapters. Each chapterwas the same number of pages. If the book was eighteenpages long, how many pages were in each chapter?

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1) A store owner had 6 employees and bought 381 uniforms for them. Ifhe wanted to give each employee the same number of uniforms, howmany more should he buy so he doesn't have any extra?

381 ÷ 6 = 63 r3

2) Tiffany wanted to drink exactly 8 bottles of water each day, so shebought 891 bottles when they were on sale. How many more bottleswill she need to buy on the last day?

891 ÷ 8 = 111 r3

3) Cody's dad bought 241 meters of string. If he wanted to cut the stringinto pieces with each piece being 5 meters long, how many full sizedpieces could he make?

241 ÷ 5 = 48 r1

4) A box can hold 9 brownies. If a baker made 710 brownies, how manyfull boxes of brownies did he make?

710 ÷ 9 = 78 r8

5) A clown needed 642 balloons for a party he was going to, but theballoons only came in packs of 4. How many packs of balloons wouldhe need to buy?

642 ÷ 4 = 160 r2

6) At the carnival, 5 friends bought 148 tickets. If they wanted to split allthe tickets so each friend got the same amount, how many more ticketswould they need to buy?

148 ÷ 5 = 29 r3

7) A recycling company had 876 pounds of material to sort. To make iteasier they split them into boxes with each full box having 5 pounds,how many full boxes did they have?

876 ÷ 5 = 175 r1

8) A librarian had to pack 380 books into boxes. If each box can hold 8books, how many boxes did she need?

380 ÷ 8 = 47 r4

9) Tom bought 452 pieces of candy to give to 7 of his friends. If he wantsto give each friend the same amount, how many pieces would he haveleft over?

452 ÷ 7 = 64 r4

10) There are 419 students going to a trivia competition. If each school vancan hold 5 students, how many vans will they need?

419 ÷ 5 = 83 r4

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1) A store owner had 6 employees and bought 381 uniforms for them. Ifhe wanted to give each employee the same number of uniforms, howmany more should he buy so he doesn't have any extra?

381 ÷ 6 = 63 r3

2) Tiffany wanted to drink exactly 8 bottles of water each day, so shebought 891 bottles when they were on sale. How many more bottleswill she need to buy on the last day?

891 ÷ 8 = 111 r3

3) Cody's dad bought 241 meters of string. If he wanted to cut the stringinto pieces with each piece being 5 meters long, how many full sizedpieces could he make?

241 ÷ 5 = 48 r1

4) A box can hold 9 brownies. If a baker made 710 brownies, how manyfull boxes of brownies did he make?

710 ÷ 9 = 78 r8

5) A clown needed 642 balloons for a party he was going to, but theballoons only came in packs of 4. How many packs of balloons wouldhe need to buy?

642 ÷ 4 = 160 r2

6) At the carnival, 5 friends bought 148 tickets. If they wanted to split allthe tickets so each friend got the same amount, how many more ticketswould they need to buy?

148 ÷ 5 = 29 r3

7) A recycling company had 876 pounds of material to sort. To make iteasier they split them into boxes with each full box having 5 pounds,how many full boxes did they have?

876 ÷ 5 = 175 r1

8) A librarian had to pack 380 books into boxes. If each box can hold 8books, how many boxes did she need?

380 ÷ 8 = 47 r4

9) Tom bought 452 pieces of candy to give to 7 of his friends. If he wantsto give each friend the same amount, how many pieces would he haveleft over?

452 ÷ 7 = 64 r4

10) There are 419 students going to a trivia competition. If each school vancan hold 5 students, how many vans will they need?

419 ÷ 5 = 83 r4

1. 3

2. 5

3. 48

4. 78

5. 161

6. 2

7. 175

8. 48

9. 4

10. 84

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1) A store owner had 6 employees and bought 381 uniforms for them. Ifhe wanted to give each employee the same number of uniforms, howmany more should he buy so he doesn't have any extra?

381 ÷ 6 = 63 r3

2) Tiffany wanted to drink exactly 8 bottles of water each day, so shebought 891 bottles when they were on sale. How many more bottleswill she need to buy on the last day?

891 ÷ 8 = 111 r3

3) Cody's dad bought 241 meters of string. If he wanted to cut the stringinto pieces with each piece being 5 meters long, how many full sizedpieces could he make?

241 ÷ 5 = 48 r1

4) A box can hold 9 brownies. If a baker made 710 brownies, how manyfull boxes of brownies did he make?

710 ÷ 9 = 78 r8

5) A clown needed 642 balloons for a party he was going to, but theballoons only came in packs of 4. How many packs of balloons wouldhe need to buy?

642 ÷ 4 = 160 r2

6) At the carnival, 5 friends bought 148 tickets. If they wanted to split allthe tickets so each friend got the same amount, how many more ticketswould they need to buy?

148 ÷ 5 = 29 r3

7) A recycling company had 876 pounds of material to sort. To make iteasier they split them into boxes with each full box having 5 pounds,how many full boxes did they have?

876 ÷ 5 = 175 r1

8) A librarian had to pack 380 books into boxes. If each box can hold 8books, how many boxes did she need?

380 ÷ 8 = 47 r4

9) Tom bought 452 pieces of candy to give to 7 of his friends. If he wantsto give each friend the same amount, how many pieces would he haveleft over?

452 ÷ 7 = 64 r4

10) There are 419 students going to a trivia competition. If each school vancan hold 5 students, how many vans will they need?

419 ÷ 5 = 83 r4

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1) It takes 10 grams of plastic to make a ruler. If a company had 278grams of plastic, how many entire rulers could they make?

278 ÷ 10 = 27 r8

2) Henry was trying to beat his old score of 787 points in a video game. Ifhe scores exactly 14 points each round, how many rounds would heneed to play to beat his old score?

787 ÷ 14 = 56 r3

3) A vase can hold 12 flowers. If a florist had 825 flowers she wanted toput equally into vases, how many flowers would be in the last vase thatisn't full?

825 ÷ 12 = 68 r9

4) A recycling company had 263 pounds of material to sort. To make iteasier they split them into boxes with each full box having 14 pounds,how many full boxes did they have?

263 ÷ 14 = 18 r11

5) A pizza store had 706 pieces of pepperoni to put on their pizzas. Ifeach pizza got 33 pieces, how many extra pieces of pepperoni wouldthey have?

706 ÷ 33 = 21 r13

6) An art museum had 466 pictures to split equally into 31 differentexhibits. How many more pictures would they need to make sure eachexhibit had the same amount?

466 ÷ 31 = 15 r1

7) A florist had 217 flowers. She wanted to put them into 38 bouquetswith the same number of flowers in each. How many more should sheget so she doesn't have any extra?

217 ÷ 38 = 5 r27

8) Sam has to sell 541 chocolate bars to win a trip. If each box contains46 chocolate bars, how many boxes will he need to sell to win the trip?

541 ÷ 46 = 11 r35

9) A box of light fixtures cost $36. If you had 627 dollars and bought asmany boxes as you could, how much money would you have left?

627 ÷ 36 = 17 r15

10) A builder needed to buy 878 nails for his latest project. If the nails heneeds come in boxes of 37, how many boxes will he need to buy?

878 ÷ 37 = 23 r27

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1) It takes 10 grams of plastic to make a ruler. If a company had 278grams of plastic, how many entire rulers could they make?

278 ÷ 10 = 27 r8

2) Henry was trying to beat his old score of 787 points in a video game. Ifhe scores exactly 14 points each round, how many rounds would heneed to play to beat his old score?

787 ÷ 14 = 56 r3

3) A vase can hold 12 flowers. If a florist had 825 flowers she wanted toput equally into vases, how many flowers would be in the last vase thatisn't full?

825 ÷ 12 = 68 r9

4) A recycling company had 263 pounds of material to sort. To make iteasier they split them into boxes with each full box having 14 pounds,how many full boxes did they have?

263 ÷ 14 = 18 r11

5) A pizza store had 706 pieces of pepperoni to put on their pizzas. Ifeach pizza got 33 pieces, how many extra pieces of pepperoni wouldthey have?

706 ÷ 33 = 21 r13

6) An art museum had 466 pictures to split equally into 31 differentexhibits. How many more pictures would they need to make sure eachexhibit had the same amount?

466 ÷ 31 = 15 r1

7) A florist had 217 flowers. She wanted to put them into 38 bouquetswith the same number of flowers in each. How many more should sheget so she doesn't have any extra?

217 ÷ 38 = 5 r27

8) Sam has to sell 541 chocolate bars to win a trip. If each box contains46 chocolate bars, how many boxes will he need to sell to win the trip?

541 ÷ 46 = 11 r35

9) A box of light fixtures cost $36. If you had 627 dollars and bought asmany boxes as you could, how much money would you have left?

627 ÷ 36 = 17 r15

10) A builder needed to buy 878 nails for his latest project. If the nails heneeds come in boxes of 37, how many boxes will he need to buy?

878 ÷ 37 = 23 r27

1. 27

2. 57

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4. 18

5. 13

6. 30

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9. 15

10. 24

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1) It takes 10 grams of plastic to make a ruler. If a company had 278grams of plastic, how many entire rulers could they make?

278 ÷ 10 = 27 r8

2) Henry was trying to beat his old score of 787 points in a video game. Ifhe scores exactly 14 points each round, how many rounds would heneed to play to beat his old score?

787 ÷ 14 = 56 r3

3) A vase can hold 12 flowers. If a florist had 825 flowers she wanted toput equally into vases, how many flowers would be in the last vase thatisn't full?

825 ÷ 12 = 68 r9

4) A recycling company had 263 pounds of material to sort. To make iteasier they split them into boxes with each full box having 14 pounds,how many full boxes did they have?

263 ÷ 14 = 18 r11

5) A pizza store had 706 pieces of pepperoni to put on their pizzas. Ifeach pizza got 33 pieces, how many extra pieces of pepperoni wouldthey have?

706 ÷ 33 = 21 r13

6) An art museum had 466 pictures to split equally into 31 differentexhibits. How many more pictures would they need to make sure eachexhibit had the same amount?

466 ÷ 31 = 15 r1

7) A florist had 217 flowers. She wanted to put them into 38 bouquetswith the same number of flowers in each. How many more should sheget so she doesn't have any extra?

217 ÷ 38 = 5 r27

8) Sam has to sell 541 chocolate bars to win a trip. If each box contains46 chocolate bars, how many boxes will he need to sell to win the trip?

541 ÷ 46 = 11 r35

9) A box of light fixtures cost $36. If you had 627 dollars and bought asmany boxes as you could, how much money would you have left?

627 ÷ 36 = 17 r15

10) A builder needed to buy 878 nails for his latest project. If the nails heneeds come in boxes of 37, how many boxes will he need to buy?

878 ÷ 37 = 23 r27

27 57 11 18 12

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