IXL | Multi-step word problems involving remainders

At the fair, 13 boys and 14 girls are in line for the roller coaster. Each roller coaster car can fit 4 kids.

Complete the sentence.

There will be full cars, plus one last car with kids.

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Ms. Hoover got new calculators for her classroom, and now she needs to put batteries in them. She has 3 packages of batteries with 10 batteries each. Each calculator needs 4 batteries.

Complete the sentence.

Ms. Hoover can fill calculators, and she will have batteries left over.

solution

Each calculator needs 4 batteries. Dividing the total number of batteries by 4 will tell you the number of calculators Ms. Hoover can fill and the number of batteries left over.

Step 1: Find the total number of batteries.

Multiply the number of packages of batteries by the number of batteries in each package.

Ms. Hoover has a total of 30 batteries.

Step 2: Find the number of calculators Ms. Hoover can fill and the number of batteries left over.

Divide the total number of batteries by the number of batteries each calculator needs.

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Ms. Hoover can fill 7 calculators, and she will have 2 batteries left over.

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