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Read the story problem and decide which operation you would use to solve the problem.
Janice bought some apples. She placed three in each of her 6 bags. How many apples did she buy in all? 

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What operation does the word quotient mean? 

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What operation can be described as taking a group of things and putting them into equal groups?

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Read the story problem and decide which operation you would use to solve the problem.
Jamie has 35 baseball cards. He puts them in sleeves that hold 7 cards each. How many sleeves will he use? 

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Ms. Navarro found $550 on the ground (!) and because Emiliano, Brianna, Lina, and Marcelo was with her, she decided she would split her findings with them!  How much will each student get?

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Christ has $150, Roxanna has $300, Alexa has $80, Damien has $200.  How much do they have altogether?

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The 5th grade Fall Festival booth sold $850 worth of tickets! However, $75 of that amount went towards prizes and must be paid back.  How much money did they actually make? 

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Rene counted 1,206 total colored pencils in her classroom.  She needs to put 6 pencils in each box.  How many boxes does she need?

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A toy company sent 6 fliers to each person in their city.  There are 568,295 people in the city.  How many fliers did the company send in all?

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A group of 40 campers volunteered to carry boats down to the lake.  If it takes 2 campers to carry each boat, how many boats will the group be able to carry?

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