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Lisa has 72 candies. She wants to share them equally among her 9 friends. Which operation will tell you how many candies each friend gets?

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I have 3 bags. Each bag has 12 pieces of fruit. If I give one piece to each child in our class of 26 students, how many pieces will I have left?

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• 41 pieces

• 15 pieces

If a pack of stickers contains 50 stickers and you want to buy enough packs to have 200 stickers, which operation will you use to find out how many packs you need to buy?

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Dante bought a car for $5,677. Malachi bought his car for $10,987. What is the difference in the cost of the 2 cars?

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Marley has 456 brownies and 9 boxes. If she divides the brownies evenly, how many brownies will go in each box?

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The Campbell family went to the grocery on Saturday and spent $134. They went again on Monday and spent $65. On Thursday they spent $78 more. How much did the Campbell family spend altogether at the grocery this week?

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At a wedding reception, there are 458 guests but 324 meals.

How many more meals are needed?

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The Lin family spent $800 on 4 airplane tickets. Each ticket was the same price. How much was each ticket?

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Jacklin has 1,345 photos to put into a photo album. If she can fit 4 pictures on a page, how many pages will she need for all 1,345 photos?

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