Sarah bought \(4\) notebooks that cost \(\$3\) each. She paid with a \(\$20\) bill. How much change did she receive?
Step 1 (Multiply): Find the total cost: \(4 \times \$3 = \$12\).
Step 2 (Subtract): Find the change: \(\$20 - \$12 = \$8\).
Sarah received \(\$8\) in change.
A pizza is cut into \(12\) slices. If a family eats \(3/4\) of the pizza, how many slices are left?
Ben had \(35\) baseball cards. He then bought \(5\) packs of cards, with \(8\) cards in each pack. How many cards does Ben have in total?
Step 1 (Multiply): Find the number of new cards: \(5 \times 8 = 40\).
Step 2 (Add): Find the new total: \(35 + 40 = 75\).
Ben has \(75\) cards.
A class of \(28\) students is going on a field trip. A van can hold \(8\) students. After filling as many vans as possible, the remaining students will go in a car. How many students will go in the car?
Step 1 (Divide with remainder): \(28 \div 8 = 3\) with a remainder of \(4\).
This means \(3\) full vans and \(4\) students left over.
The answer is the remainder: \(4\) students.
A baker made \(120\) cookies. He sold \(96\) of them and decided to pack the rest into boxes of \(8\). How many boxes did he use for the leftover cookies?
Step 1 (Subtract): Find the number of leftover cookies: \(120 - 96 = 24\).
Step 2 (Divide): Pack the leftovers: \(24 \div 8 = 3\).
He used \(3\) boxes.
Tickets to a concert cost \(\$15\) each. A group of \(4\) friends bought tickets and also paid a one-time service fee of \(\$5\). What was the total cost?
Step 1 (Multiply): Find the cost of the tickets: \(4 \times \$15 = \$60\).
Step 2 (Add): Add the service fee: \(\$60 + \$5 = \$65\).
The total cost was \(\$65\).
Liam earned \(\$40\) for mowing lawns. He wants to buy some comic books that cost \(\$6\) each. After buying as many as he can, how much money will he have left?
Step 1 (Divide with remainder): \(\$40 \div \$6 = 6\) with a remainder of \(\$4\).
He can buy \(6\) comic books and will have \(\$4\) left over.
There are \(3\) basketball teams, and each team has \(12\) players. If \(5\) players were absent on picture day, how many players were present?
Step 1 (Multiply): Find the total number of players: \(3 \times 12 = 36\).
Step 2 (Subtract): Find the number of players present: \(36 - 5 = 31\).
There were \(31\) players present.
A group of \(50\) tourists is split into tour groups of \(4\). Any remaining tourists form a smaller group. A guide is needed for each group. How many guides are needed in total?
Step 1 (Divide): \(50 \div 4 = 12\) with a remainder of \(2\).
This means there are \(12\) groups of \(4\) and \(1\) smaller group of \(2\).
Step 2 (Add): \(12 + 1 = 13\).
They need \(13\) guides.
Emily reads \(25\) pages of her book each night. The book has \(240\) pages. After \(7\) nights, how many pages does she have left to read?
A school buys \(12\) packs of pencils, with \(10\) pencils in each pack. The pencils are then distributed equally among \(30\) students. How many pencils does each student get?
Step 1 (Multiply): Find the total number of pencils: \(12 \times 10 = 120\).
Step 2 (Divide): Distribute the pencils: \(120 \div 30 = 4\).
Each student gets \(4\) pencils.
At a carnival, you get \(5\) tickets for winning a game. Sam started with \(10\) tickets and won \(4\) games. How many tickets does he have now?
Step 1 (Multiply): Find tickets won: \(5 \times 4 = 20\).
Step 2 (Add): Find the new total: \(10 + 20 = 30\).
Sam has \(30\) tickets.
