Multiplying and Dividing in Word Problems

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Objective

I can solve one- and two-step word problems using multiplication and division to find the answer.

Part 1 of 3

Warm-up video

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Part 2 of 3

Practice

6 questions

1

There are 3 boxes of crayons. Each box has 8 crayons. If 12 students each get the same number of crayons, how many crayons will each student get?

2

Emma is baking cookies for a fundraiser. She bakes 6 trays of cookies, with 8 cookies on each tray. She wants to pack the cookies into bags. The bags can hold up to 5 cookies each. How many bags does she need to pack all the cookies she baked?

Part 3 of 3

Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

A farmer has 8 crates of oranges. Each crate contains 23 oranges. He wants to divide all the oranges evenly among 9 markets. If each market receives the same number of oranges, how many oranges will be left over? David is designing 5 different posters and needs a total of 240 stickers. He uses the same number of stickers on each poster. He wants to put 8 stickers of each design into a scrapbook. How many scrapbooks can he fill? A farmer has 9 baskets of apples with 11 apples in each basket. He wants to divide the apples equally into bags with 5 apples in each bag. How many bags can he fill?

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