Mrs. Madison made 48 cupcakes for Emma’s birthday. She put an equal number of cupcakes in 8 plastic bins so Emma could carry them to school. Write an equation that could be used to find out how many cupcakes are in each bin. Question #1

48 ÷ 8 = C (or you can use any variable in place of “C”)

Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Brunner, Mrs. Schaefer, and Mrs. Witt are planning a field trip to the Hull House. They are planning on reserving vans to take all 47 students and 4 teachers. If each van can hold 9 people, how many vans do they need to reserve for the field trip? Question #2.

47students + 4 teachers= 51 Total People 51 people ÷ 9 people per bus = 5 R6 These 6 remaining kids are without a van…..The teachers need to get an extra van so all of the students can go on the field trip. Therefore they need a total of 6 vans. Answer: 6 vans

Alyse earned $162 by waiting on tables at Denny’s for 5 hours. Write a number sentence that shows the best way to estimate how much she earned each hour. Question #3

$150 ÷ 5 = m (or you can use any variable in place of “M”) OR $150 ÷ 5 = $30 You must have the $ sign in your equation

Marissa and Emma went with their cousins to Dave and Buster’s and won 289 tokens playing games. They also had 113 tokens with them from the last time they were there. They want to turn all of the tokens in for candy prizes. If each candy prize requires 8 tokens, how many pieces of candy can they get? Question #4

289 tokens tokens = 402 total tokens 402 tokens ÷ 8 tokens per candy prize = 50 R2 These 2 remaining tokens are not enough for another piece of candy….. Therefore, they will need to save them for the next time they go to Dave and Busters. Answer: 50 candy prizes

USA Olympian, Michael Phelps, swims 2824 laps in 4 weeks. He swims an equal amount of laps each week. How many laps will he have swam after 9 weeks? Question #5

2824 laps ÷ 4 weeks = 706 laps per week 706 laps per week x 9 weeks = 6354 total laps Answer: 6354 laps

Mrs. Witt is planting 5 new flower gardens. She would like to have a brick border around each flower garden. She only has a total of 92 bricks. If each border requires 18 bricks, will Mrs. Witt have enough to put a border around each flower garden? Will there be any left in case she wants to make another flower garden?. Question #6

92 bricks ÷ 5 gardens = 18 R2 bricks per garden OR 18 x 5 = 90. Only 90 bricks are needed for the 5 flower gardens. Since there are a total of 92 bricks, there are 2 extra. Answer: Yes. Mrs. Witt has enough bricks for 5 flower gardens She will have 2 bricks left.

Mrs. Brunner does odd jobs each month to earn extra money. This month, she earned $68 selling Thirty –One bags, $94 tutoring students, and $136 cleaning her neighbor’s house. Each month she puts half of the money she earns into the bank toward her girls’ college education. How much money did she save this month? Question #7

$68 selling Thirty- One + $94 tutoring $136 cleaning neighbor’s house Answer: Mrs. Brunner saved $149 this month. $298 Half means you need to divide by 2 $298 ÷ 2 = $149

Jacob has 13 baseball, 9 football, and 8 hockey cards. He displays his sports’ cards equally on 2 pages in an album. Write an equation to show how he found the number of cards to put on each page. Question #8

30 ÷ 2 = C (or you can use any variable in place of “C”)

Mrs. Schaefer baked 45 brownies and 3 times as many cookies for her son Michael’s wrestling party. She wanted to place them on plates. If each plate holds 8 items, how many plates will she need to hold all of the goodies she baked? Question #9

45 brownies x 3 (3 times as many brownies) = 135 cookies 45 brownies cookies = 180 goodies Answer: 23 plates 180 goodies ÷ 8 items per plate = 22 R4 items

A case of school supplies holds 263 pencils, 300 highlighters, and 415 pairs of scissors. William Street School bought 7 cases of supplies. Write an equation that could be used to figure out how many pencils the school bought. Then solve the equation. Question #10

263 x 7 = p (or you can use any variable in place of “p”) Equation solved: 263 x 7 = 1841 pencils

Mrs. Madison is buying chicken wings for her class of 24 students. She figures each student will have 8 wings. How many boxes of wings should Mrs. Madison buy if they come in boxes of 9? Question #11

24 students x 8 wings each = 192 wings needed. 192 wings ÷ 9 per package = 21 R3. 21 boxes are not enough. 3 kids will only get 7 wings. Therefore, Mrs. Madison needs to buy 22 boxes. She will have 6 wings extra from the 22 nd box. Answer: 22 boxes

R2 What number is the divisor? Click the mouse for the answer. Question #12

R2 What number is the quotient? Click the mouse for the answer. Question #13

R2 What expression can be used to check your answer? Question #14

(27 x 6) + 2

Marissa is saving money to buy an I-phone that costs $299. In the last 6 weeks, she has earned $54. a.) Write an equation that you could use to determine how much money, m, she earns per week. Then solve your answer. b.) How many more weeks does Marissa have to work to have enough money to buy the I- phone? Question #15

a.) $54 ÷ 6 = m $54 ÷ 6 = $9 per week b.) $299 - $54 = $245 left to save $245 ÷ $9 = 27 R2 After 27 weeks, Marissa will only have saved $243. She needs an additional week in order to get the remaining $2 she needs Answer: 28 Weeks

Tim Horton’s sells an average of 570 cups of coffee a day. The manager wants to be sure he has enough carry-out containers on hand. Each carry-out container holds 4 cups of coffee. If the manager expects half of all the coffee sold to be put in carry-out containers, how many will he need for that day? Question #16

570 cups sold ÷ 2 (half) = 285 cups to go into carry out containers 570 ÷ 2 = ÷ 4 cups per container = 71 R 1 71 containers are not enough. 1 cup of coffee will not have a carry-out container. Therefore, the manager needs to have 72 carry out containers on hand. There will be 3 extra spaces in the 72 nd container. Answer: 72 carry out containers

The cafeteria ordered 2,000 freezie pops for the school picnic. The freezie pops were shipped in cardboard boxes that held 7 freezies. Any freezies left after the cardboard boxes were packed, were sent in an insulated bag. How many freezies were shipped in an insulated bag? Question #17

2000 freezies ÷ 7 per box = 285 R5 285 boxes of freezies were shipped. The remaining 5 were sent in an insulated bag. Answer: 5 sent in an insulated bag