Explicit Rule Word Problems

A dish company needs to ship an order of 190 glass bowls. The company will put the bowls into several boxes. Each box must contain the same number of bowls. How many boxes could the company use for the order?

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Cindy made 250 greeting cards to sell. She will sell the cards by the box, with the same number of cards in each box and no cards left over. How many cards could Cindy put in each box?

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Farmer Christina collected 90 eggs to sell. She will sell the eggs in baskets. She wants to put the same number of eggs in each basket without any eggs left over. How many eggs could Farmer Christina put in each basket?

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A gum factory made 7,180 sticks of gum. After arranging the sticks into packs, the factory did not have any extra sticks of gum. How many sticks of gum could the factory be putting in each pack?

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Sierra had 136 trading cards. She gave away 15 to each of her 3 friends. Which expression shows how many cards Sierra has left?

• 136 - (15 x 3)

• 136 + (15 x 3)

• (136 - 15) x 3

• (136 + 15) x 3

Kayley made 325 bracelets. Her friend Amy, made 48 more bracelets than Kayley. Susie made 263 bracelets. How many bracelets were made in all?

• 363 bracelets

• 588 bracelets

• 373 bracelets

• 311 bracelets

Sofia earns $10 a week for babysitting. She wants to buy a new scooter for $75. How many weeks will she have to babysit to earn enough money to buy her scooter?

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• 9 weeks

Mr. Nolan paid $36.95 for each adult shirt and $23.95 for each youth shirt he bought. Mr. Nolan bought 2 adult shirts and 5 youth shirts. How much money did he spend on these shirts?

• $167.35

• $258.65

• $232.65

• $193.65

A shelter has a total of 774 animals.  They have 451 dogs, 319 cats, and the rest are reptiles.  How many reptiles does the shelter have?

A business that rents cars is open for 8 hours on Monday. On Monday morning the business had 45 cars. The business rented 3 cars to customers during each of the first 5 hours. The business rented 2 cars to customers during each of the next 3 hours. The total number of cars that were brought back to the business by customers on Monday was 17. In which equation does c represent the number of cars the business had at the end of the day on Monday?

• c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)+17

• c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)−17

• c = 45−(5+3)−(3+2)−17

• c = 45−(5×3)−(3×2)+17