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Apples are packed in bags of 6. The bags are then packed into boxes. Each box has 24 bags packed into it. A supermarket orders 36 boxes of apples. How many apples have the supermarket ordered?
5184 apples
A cinema has 8 screens. 3 of the screens seat 280 people each. The rest can seat 350 people each. How many people in total can watch a film at the cinema at any one time?
2590
A local business donated £2568 to a local primary school. The money was shared equally between the 8 classes at the school. How much money did each class receive?
£321 per class
A baker has 2435 iced buns to pack into bags. Each bag can fit 4 iced buns in it. How many bags does the baker need?
The baker needs 608 bags — however, he will have 3 buns left over.
An ice-skating rink had 325 visitors a day from Monday to Friday, and 550 visitors each day at the weekend. How many people visited the ice-skating rink in total during the week?
2725 people.
30 people take part in a running race. Of those 30 people, 24 of them run the total distance of 25 km. The remaining people each manage to run 18 km. How many kilometres were run altogether?
708km
A minibus can hold 9 passengers. 348 people are going on a trip. How many minibuses will be needed?
39 minibuses will be needed to carry all the people.
A florist is arranging flowers in vases. He is arranging tulips and daffodils. He has 324 tulips and 243 daffodils. He places 8 flowers into each vase. How many vases will he need?
He will need 70 vases and 7 flowers will be left over.
A grocery store has 288 mangoes for sale and a customer buys 18 mangoes. The remaining mangoes need to be shipped to another store in crates of 30. How many crates will be needed?
9 crates
Larry saved up £324 over the last year. He spends £45 on a new video game and £58 on new clothes. His aunt comes to visit and gives him £20. How much money does he have altogether?
£241
259 children are going on a school trip. On the day of the trip 9 children call in sick. The remaining pupils are split into ten groups. How many pupils are there in each group?
25 pupils
There are 846 football fans in a stadium and by half time 16 more have arrived. 321 are away fans. How many fans are cheering for the home team?
541 fans
A supermarket sells half of the orange juice cartons they have available to one customer and then 22 more to another customer. They now have 138 juice cartons left. How many did they have to begin with?
320 cartons
Amaya has £1087 in her bank account. She spends £121 on groceries and then half of what she has left on a holiday. How much does she have left in her account?
£483
