Equations in Action: Real-Life Word Problems for Grade 5

A gardener has 36 flowers to plant in equal rows. If he wants to plant them in rows of the same number, how many rows can he create? Write an equation to represent this and check if your solution is reasonable.

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Lily has 48 candies that she wants to share equally among her friends. If she has 6 friends, how many candies will each friend get? Write an equation and verify if your answer makes sense.

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A box contains 56 chocolates. If the chocolates are packed in boxes of 8, how many boxes can be filled? Create an equation to solve this and check if your solution is reasonable.

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Tom has 45 marbles and wants to put them into bags with the same number of marbles in each bag. If he uses 5 bags, how many marbles will be in each bag? Write an equation and check if your answer is reasonable.

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A farmer has 72 apples and wants to pack them into boxes of 9 apples each. How many boxes can he fill? Write an equation to represent this situation and check if your solution is reasonable.

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Sarah is organizing a party and has 60 balloons. If she wants to tie them in groups of 10, how many groups can she make? Write an equation and verify if your answer is reasonable.

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A teacher has 84 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 12 students. How many pencils will each student receive? Write an equation and check if your solution is reasonable.

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A baker made 90 cookies and wants to pack them in boxes of 15. How many boxes will he need? Create an equation to solve this and check if your answer is reasonable.

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A library has 120 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 20 books on each shelf. How many shelves will be needed? Write an equation and verify if your solution is reasonable.

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A toy store has 150 toys and wants to display them in groups of 30. How many groups can they create? Write an equation to represent this and check if your solution is reasonable.

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