Dividing Up: Estimating Solutions to Word Problems

A bakery made 256 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes of 12. How many boxes can they fill?

• 24

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A school has 480 pencils to distribute equally among 20 classrooms. How many pencils will each classroom receive?

• 30

• 20

• 40

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A farmer harvested 1,250 apples and wants to put them into bags of 25. How many bags will he need?

• 30

• 60

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• 50

A library has 1,200 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 30 books each. How many shelves will they need?

• 45

• 35

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A toy store received 540 toys and wants to display them in groups of 18. How many groups can they create?

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• 36

• 24

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A concert hall has 1,500 seats and wants to sell tickets in rows of 50. How many rows of tickets can they sell?

• 25

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A factory produces 1,200 bottles of juice and packs them in crates of 40. How many crates are needed?

• 30

• 25

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A sports team has 720 water bottles to distribute equally among 36 players. How many water bottles does each player get?

• 30

• 15

• 25

• 20

A gardener has 1,080 flowers to plant in rows of 36. How many rows will he plant?

• 15

• 25

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• 40

A school is organizing a field trip for 960 students and wants to arrange them in buses that hold 40 students each. How many buses are needed?

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• 20

• 40

• 30