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?
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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?
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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.)`
Melinda placed some shells in rows of 8.
She then put the same number of shells into bags of 6 and had some left over.
How many shells were left over?
`4` | `3` | `2` | `1` |
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`2`
`text(Total number of shells)`
`=8 xx 4`
`= 32`
`32 ÷ 6 = 5\ text(remainder 2)`
`:. 2\ text(shells were left over.)`
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.)`