Division and multiplication word problems

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There are 10 colored pencils in a box. How many boxes can be filled with 90 colored pencils?

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9 boxes

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Mrs. Jones has 28 pencils. She wants to share them equally with her 4 students. What operation would you use to solve this problem?

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division (÷)

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Farmer Brown has 3 cows. If each cow eats 5 pounds of hay per day, how many pounds of hay will he need to feed all 3 cows per day? Which operation would be the best to solve this problem?

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multiplication (x)

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45 ÷ 5

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9

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There are eight cars in the garage. Tom will place new tires on each car. How many tires will Tom need? Which equation correctly solves this word problem?

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8 x 4 = 32

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Riley buys 4 bags of balloons. Each bag has 10 balloons. How many balloons did Riley buy?

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4 x 10 = 40

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Farmer brown was picking apples. He has 5 trees in his garden. If he picked 6 apples off of each tree, how many apples did he pick in all? Which operation would be best for solving this problem?

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multiplication (x)

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Amanda is bagging cookies for a bake sale. She has 32 cookies. If she puts 4 cookies in each bag, how many bags will she need? Which operation would be best for solving this problem?

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division (÷)

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Joe made $24.00 dollars mowing lawns last week. He charges 4 dollars per lawn. How many lawns did he mow last week?

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6

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A cereal box holds 18 cups of cereal. Each serving is 2 cups. How many servings are in the box?

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9