IXL | Multi-step word problems involving remainders

A florist has 24 pink roses and another 24 red roses. He decides to mix them together and make bouquets with 9 roses each.

Complete the sentence.

The florist can make bouquets, and he will have roses left.

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Mrs. Farrell will be teaching a group math lesson with counters. First, she dumps out 4 bags that have 20 counters each. Then she divides the counters evenly among 6 groups of students.

Complete the sentence.

Each group will get counters, and there will be counters left over.

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There are 6 groups of students. Dividing the total number of counters by 6 will tell you the number of counters for each group and the number of counters left over.

Step 1: Find the total number of counters.

Multiply the number of bags by the number of counters in each bag.

Mrs. Farrell has a total of 80 counters.

Step 2: Find the number of counters for each group and the number of counters left over.

Divide the total number of counters by the number of groups.

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Each group will get 13 counters, and there will be 2 counters left over.

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