5 boys win $3.
They share the money equally.
How much does each boy get?
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5 boys win $3.
They share the money equally.
How much does each boy get?
cents |
`60¢`
`$3 ÷ 5` | `= 300¢ ÷ 5` |
`= 60¢` |
`=>\ text(Each boy gets)\ 60¢`
Kim is packing 27 plums into boxes to take to the market.
Each box can hold 5 plums.
What is the smallest number of boxes Kim needs to make sure all the plums are packed?
`6\ text(boxes)`
`text(Boxes needed)` | `=27 -: 5` |
`=5\ \ text(remainder 2)` | |
`=6\ text(boxes)` |
Hillary is running a cooking class.
She has 31 students in the class and needs to give them 1 egg each for a recipe.
Eggs are sold in cartons of 12.
What is the least number of egg cartons that Hillary needs to buy?
`1` | `2` | `3` | `4` |
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`text(3 cartons)`
`text(The number of cartons needed)`
`= 31 ÷ 12`
`= 2\ \ text(remainder 7)`
`:.\ text(Hillary needs to buy 3 egg cartons.)`
There are 12 children in a year 3 class.
They are split up into 2 groups.
One group has 3 times the number of children as the other group.
How many children are in the larger group?
`9`
`text(12 children)`
`text(Splits must be:)`
`text(Group 1 − 3 children)`
`text(Group 2 − 9 children)`
Jonah ran 5 times around a track.
He ran a total of 3000 metres.
Toby ran twice around the same track.
How many metres did Toby run?
`1200\ text(metres)`
`text(Length of 1 lap)` | `= 3000 ÷ 5` |
`= 600\ text(metres)` |
`text(Metres in 2 laps)` | `= 600 xx 2` |
`= 1200\ text(metres)` |
Damon had $1.40 in 5-cent coins in his piggy bank.
How many 5-cent coins does Damon have?
`28`
`text(One strategy:)`
`$1.40 = 14 xx 10¢`
`2 xx 5¢\ text(coins)\ = 10¢`
`:.\ text(Number of 5¢ coins)` | `= 14 xx 2` |
`= 28` |
Wayne needs to buy 14 pairs of socks for the players in his soccer team.
The socks are sold in packets of 3.
How many packets does Wayne need to buy?
`4` | `5` | `17` | `42` |
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`5`
`text(Socks in 4 packets)`
`= 4 xx 3 = 12`
`text(Socks in 5 packets)`
`= 5 xx 3 = 15`
`:. 5\ text(packets are needed.)`
Three children were playing a card game.
There were 52 cards. Each child was given 11 cards.
How many cards were left over?
`19\ text(cards)`
`text(Cards used)` | `= 3 xx 11` |
`= 33` |
`:.\ text(Cards left over)` | `= 52 – 33` |
`= 19` |
Bryan had $24 at the start of his holiday.
He spent $4 each day.
How many days did it take for Bryan to spend all his money?
`4` | `6` | `8` | `20` | `28` |
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`6`
`text(Number of days)` | `=24 -: 4` |
`=6\ text(days)` |
In a soccer competition, there were 5 teams.
Over the season, a total of 55 goals were scored.
Each team scored the same number of goals for the season.
How many goals did each team score?
`60` | `50` | `12` | `11` |
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`11`
`text(Goal scored by each team)`
`= 55 ÷ 5`
`= 11`