Simplest Form/Word Problems Practice

A teacher has 865 stickers and 21 students. What is the best estimate of how many stickers each student gets?

• 40

• 30

• 50

• 4

Bob's class is going on a field trip to the zoo. They will be traveling in vans that hold 9 people and cars that hold 5 people. There are 36 people going on the trip. There are only 2 vans available. If the two vans are filled first, how many cars will be needed?

• 18

• 3

• 4

• 52

Bob was putting 375 toys into boxes for a toy drive. He needed to put 16 toys into each box. How many boxes can he completely fill with toys?

• 23

• 24

• 22

• 27

There are 495 students at Burlington Elementary School. The principal has decided to take all of the students on a field trip. Each bus can carry 42 students. How many buses must the principal have for the field trip?

• 11

• 12

• 20,790

• 537

Bob is making 9 treat bags. He has 105 pieces of candy. He evenly divides as many pieces as possible among the bags. How many pieces of candy does Bob have left over?

• 11

• 12

• 6

• 66

Principal Grim bought 12 new computers for Smith Elementary School. The total price was $4,272. What was the price of each computer?

• $51,264

• $356

• $4,260

• $4,284

There will be 46 people at a breakfast where each person will eat 2 eggs. There are 12 eggs in each carton. How many cartons of eggs will be needed for the breakfast?

• 7

• 8

• 4

• 3

Bob has a bag of candy. In the bag there are 36 strawberry and 40 blueberry flavored pieces. If he shares his candy equally with his 3 friends, how many pieces will Bob and each friend get?

• 19

• 25

• 26

• 228

The public library is having a used children's book sale. There are 4,502 fiction books, 3,159 non-fiction books, and 1,349 picture books for sale. What is the total number of books that the library is selling?

• 7,661

• 9,010

• 4,508

• 5,851

Bob is serving pizza at a birthday party for his brother. There are 28 people coming to the party. He wants each person to have 3 pieces of pizza. Each pizza has 8 slices. How many pizzas should he buy?

• 10

• 11

• 9

• 24