IXL | Multi-step word problems involving remainders

Mr. Martino is making coloring kits for the kids who visit his restaurant. Each coloring kit will have 4 crayons, along with a coloring page. The crayons come in boxes of 15, and Mr. Martino has 2 full boxes.

Complete the sentence.

Mr. Martino can make coloring kits, and he will have crayons left over.

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A factory worker is packing boxes with 8 mugs each. The factory already had 35 mugs in stock, and it just made 32 more.

Complete the sentence.

There will be full boxes and mugs left over.

solution

Each box holds 8 mugs. Dividing the total number of mugs by 8 will tell you the number of full boxes and the number of mugs left over.

Step 1: Find the total number of mugs.

Add the number of mugs in stock and the number of mugs just made.

There are 67 mugs in total.

Step 2: Find the number of full boxes and the number of mugs left over.

Divide the total number of mugs by the number of mugs in a full box.

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There will be 8 full boxes and 3 mugs left over.

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