Question

WALT: Can I solve - and x problems?

1. If Miss Johnson has 737 new pencils and wants to share them out
equally between the 7 classes, how many would each class get?
Are there any left over?
2. A tour driver has £342 at the end of his shift, if all tickets were £3, how
many people have ridden on his tour today?
3. 24 children all collect marbles. They each have 38 marbles.
How many do they have in total?
4. There are 135 children in a school and 5 houses. How many
children are in each house?
5. Apples come in crates of 156 h 12 crates for his fruit and veg stand.
How many apples does he ha Page 11.1?​

Answer 1

1. Each class would have 105 pencils with 2 remaining

2. x = 114 persons

3. 912 marbles

4. 27 children

Explanation:

1. If Miss Johnson has 737 new pencils and wants to share them out

equally between the 7 classes, how many would each class get?

Are there any left over?

Let the number of pencils = x

7 × x = 737 pencils

x = 737/7

x = 105 2/7 pencils

Therefore, each class would have 735 pencils, with a remainder of 2 pencils

2. A tour driver has £342 at the end of his shift, if all tickets were £3, how

many people have ridden on his tour today?

Let the number of people = x

£3 × x = £342

x = £342/£3

x = 114 persons

3. 24 children all collect marbles. They each have 38 marbles.

How many do they have in total?

The total number of marbles is calculated as:

1 child = 38 marbles

24 children = x

x = 24 × 38 marbles

x = 912 marbles

4. There are 135 children in a school and 5 houses. How many

children are in each house?

5 houses = 135 children

1 house = x children

5x = 135 children

x = 135/5

x = 27 children