IXL | Add, subtract, multiply, or divide two whole numbers: word problems | 6th grade math

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Last year, 9,403 people were born in a country, and 3,436 people immigrated to it. How many new people began living in the country last year?

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question

A house painter has $436 to buy paint. If each can of paint costs $4, how many cans of paint can the painter buy?

cans

solution

Divide the amount of money by the cost of each can.

1

0

9

$4

$4

3

6

– 4

0

3

– 0

3

6

– 3

6

0

The painter can buy 109 cans of paint.

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Lesson: Multiplying by 2-digit numbers

Lesson: Multi-digit addition

Lesson: Multi-digit subtraction