Monday, January 12, 2015

Story Problems

The students worked on writing division story problems.  Here are a few examples.

Brooklyn had 24 gummy bears. She shared them with eight people equally. How many gummy bears does she have now?

24 / 8 = 3


written by Charity

I have 99 chocolate bar pieces. A chocolate bar has 9 pieces. How many full chocolate bars do I have?

99 / 9 = 11


written by Jonah

Brenna has 55 candy necklaces.  She gives each of her friends 5 candy necklaces.  How many friends did she share with?

55 / 5 = 11


written by Kelly

Jesse has 26 strawberries and shares them with 13 friends.  How many strawberries should each person get?

Each person gets 2 strawberries.  26 / 13 = 2


written by Jesse

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