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Multiplication and Division

WALT: Find the best strategy to solve multiplication and division problems

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  1. Hamish works at a stationery company. He has 246 boxes of erasers. Each box has 56 pairs of erasers. How many pairs of erasers does Hamish have?

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2. Hamish has 828 boxes of erasers. If each box holds 23 pairs of erasers. How many boxes of erasers does Hamish have?

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3. Miss Clark is selling pencils this time round! She has 18 boxes of pencils and each box contains 356 pencils. How many pencils can she sell altogether?

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4. Miss Clark has 87 boxes. If each box holds 97 pencils. How many pencils does she have?

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5. Frank has $259 to buy eggs for the Team 5 fundraiser. Each tray of eggs costs $17. How many trays can he buy?

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6. Frank bought 30 packs of bacon. Each pack has 45 slices of bacon How many bacon and egg sandwiches can he sell at the sizzle? (considering that each sandwich as one piece of bacon in it.

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7. Frank’s fundraiser made $238. If each sandwich was sold for $2.50, how many sandwiches did he sell?

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8. The netball girls are having another cake sale! They have 37 cakes, and they are going to cut each into 12 small slices. How many slices of cake do they have to sell?

They sell each slice for $1.50. How much money have the made?

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9. The netball girls are having another cake sale! They have 282 slices of cake. If they can fit 3 pieces of cake in a takeaway container, how many containers do they need?

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Extension

Laura needs to buy 228 cans of Fanta How many 6-packs should she get?

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The hairdresser has 9.7 litres of dye left. Each tint uses 0.355 litres of dye. How many tints can the hairdresser do?

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Each netball bib takes 0.73 metres of cloth to make. You have 15.4 metres of cloth. Is that enough cloth to make 32 bibs?

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Jane saved $320 in 16 weeks. She saved the same amount each week. How much had she saved after 12 weeks?

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Petrol costs 203.8 cents a litre. Your car takes 40 litres. Will you be able to buy 40 litres if you have $90?

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Katie has 12.0 kilograms of butter in the fridge. A batch of scones requires 0.075 kilograms of butter. How many batches of scones will Katie be able to bake?

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It takes Arana 9 hours to service 28 cars. Each car takes the same time to service. How long will it take him to service 21 cars?

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You put one third (⅓) of a cup of powder in each load of washing. There are 9 loads to do. How much powder do you need?

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There are 360 children wanting to play rugby. Each team has 15 players. How many teams will there be?