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At a birthday party, there are 18 balloons. If 3 balloons are given to each child, how many children receive balloons?
18 ÷ 3 = c
Jamie has 35 seeds. She plants 5 seeds per pot. How many pots does she need?
35 ÷ 5 = p
Sarah baked 48 cookies for the bake sale. She wants to pack them into bags, with 6 cookies in each bag. How many bags can she make?
48 ÷ 6 = b
A farmer has 56 chickens. He divides them equally into 8 pens. If 2 pens are left empty due to maintenance, how many chickens are left to rearrange?
(56 ÷ 8) • 2 = c
Emma planted 12 rows of flowers in her garden with 15 flowers in each row. She decided to give 24 flowers to her neighbor. How many flowers does Emma have left in her garden?
(12 • 15) - 24 = f
There are 8 packs of pencils, each containing 10 pencils. If Sarah decided to give 14 pencils to her classmates, how many pencils does she have left?
(8 • 10) - 14 = p
Mr. Johnson took his class on a field trip. The total cost for the trip was $240. If 8 students paid $18 each, how much more do they need to pay to cover the cost?
240 - (8 • 18) = m
Carlos is building birdhouses. He needs 5 pieces of wood for each birdhouse. If he has 35 pieces of wood and uses 10 pieces for another project, how many birdhouses can he build?
(35 - 10) ÷ 5 = h
At a bake sale, each cookie sold for $2. If the students sold 30 cookies and spent $40 on ingredients, how much money did they actually make?
(2 • 30) - 40 = m
Mrs. Garcia bought 3 packs of markers for her class. Each pack contains 8 markers. If she gave 5 markers to each of her 4 students, how many markers does she have left?
(3 • 8) - (5 • 4) = m
