IXL | Comparison word problems with multiplication and division: larger numbers

A moving company offers different sizes of trucks for customers to rent. The small truck can fit 76 cubic feet of cargo. The medium truck can fit 5 times as much as the small truck. How much cargo can the medium truck fit, in cubic feet?

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Cara spent 27 minutes bike riding on Saturday. That is 3 times as many minutes as she spent skateboarding on Saturday. How many minutes did Cara spend skateboarding?

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List the information given in the problem.

Cara spent 27 minutes bike riding on Saturday.
She spent 3 times as many minutes bike riding as she did skateboarding.

To find how many minutes Cara spent skateboarding, you can write a multiplication equation.

3	×	?	=	27

3 times as many		Minutes spent skateboarding		Minutes spent bike riding

To find the missing number, divide 27 by 3.

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So, Cara spent 9 minutes skateboarding on Saturday.

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