Word Problems

Toni wants to sell at least 8403 bracelets at her store in the next 36 hours. What is the average number of bracelets that Toni have to sell each hour in order to meet her goal?

• 233

• 234

• 8367

• 8439

Edwin will buy Gatorade for the 7,392 runners who entered the Texas Hemophilia Awareness Walk. The Gatorades are packaged 24 per case. What is the number of cases Edwin needs to buy so that each runner will receive a Gatorade?

• 408

• 38

• 7368

• 308

There are currently 496 people in line for a roller coaster ride. If the ride is three minutes long and the cars can hold a maximum of 16 passengers at a time, what is the minimum amount of time it will take for all of the people in line to ride the roller coaster?

• 31 minutes

• 48 minutes

• 93 minutes

• 165 minutes

Gina and 7 friends are sharing 74 pipe cleaners for an art project. What is one quick way that Gina could figure out about how many pipe cleaners each girl would get to do their art project?

• She could think 74 is about 70, so 70 plus 8.

• She could think 74 divided by 7.

• She could think 74 is just over 72 and 72 divided by 8.

• She could think 74 is about 75 and divide 75 by 8.

An egg farm has 736 eggs to package in cartons. Each carton holds 12 eggs. How many cartons will be needed to put the eggs in cartons?

• 61 r. 4

• 495

• 62

• 61

The fifth grade is planning a field trip. How many buses must the school order for 136 children and 30 teachers and parents, if each bus holds 60 people?

• 3

• 2

• 84

• 2 r. 16

A wide road has 6 lanes. The road is 840 feet wide. How many feet wide is each lane?

• 110

• 140

• 137

• 14

Steve has to pack 1,692 cans of fruit drink in 36 coolers for the third, fourth and fifth grade field trip. The coolers must have an equal amount of drinks. How many drinks will be inside each cooler?

• 739

• 1890

• 47

• 46 r. 36

Jones Middle School has a total student population of 699. The school is purchasing hats for all the students. The hats come in cases of 24. What is the number of cases of hats Jones Middle School will need to purchase in order to have hats for all the students?

• 29

• 237

• 30

• 29 r. 3

The Auditorium Building in Chicago is 270 feet high and has 15 stories. How high is each story if the stories are all the same height?

• 18

• 1

• 10

• 128