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Grade 6
Divide numbers ending in zeros: word problems
A major car manufacturing plant recycles
2.3
×
1
0
7
2.3 \times 10^7
2.3
×
1
0
7
gallons of water per year. How many millions of gallons is that?
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____ million gallons
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At Charlie's Cinema, a total of
1
,
200
1,200
1
,
200
adult and child movie tickets were sold to bring in
$
10
,
875
\$10,875
$10
,
875
in ticket sales one evening. If each child ticket costs
$
7.50
\$7.50
$7.50
and each adult ticket costs
$
10.00
\$10.00
$10.00
, how many adult tickets were sold that evening?
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a grocery store receives an order for
50
50
50
bags of apples.
15
15
15
apples can fit into each bag. how many apples will the grocery need to fill the bags
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The magazine, printed in a circulation of
18
,
700
18,700
18
,
700
copies, sold out in
25
25
25
days by selling the same number of copies every day. How many copies of the magazine were sold per day?
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John's company acquired
5
,
000
5,000
5
,
000
new customers last year. They spent
$
20
,
000
\$20,000
$20
,
000
in marketing costs and
$
15
,
000
\$15,000
$15
,
000
in sales costs. What is John's customer acquisition cost (CAC)?
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100
100
100
aluminum cans weigh
5
5
5
pounds. If Ray collects
300
300
300
cans on a cleanup day, how many pounds of cans does he have?
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The expression
62.4
d
−
210
62.4 d-210
62.4
d
−
210
gives the number of Indian rupees you receive when you exchange
$
d
\$ d
$
d
at the local currency exchange.
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How many Indian rupees do you receive when you exchange
$
13
\$ 13
$13
?
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Indian Rupees
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Brenda can deliver
644
644
644
newspapers in
7
7
7
hours.
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How many newspapers can Brenda deliver in
9
9
9
hours?
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newspapers
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Vivi is a drummer for a band. She burns
756
756
756
calories while drumming for
3
3
3
hours. She burns the same number of calories each hour.
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How many calories does Vivi burn per hour?
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calories
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Ken can walk
40
40
40
dogs in
8
8
8
hours.
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How many dogs can Ken walk in
12
12
12
hours?
\newline
dogs
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Lynnette can wash
95
95
95
cars in
5
5
5
days.
\newline
How many cars can Lynnette wash in
11
11
11
days?
\newline
cars
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Charles can type
675
675
675
words in
9
9
9
minutes.
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How many words can Charles type in
13
13
13
minutes?
\newline
words
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Darius buys a bottle of a chemical solution that contains
70
%
70 \%
70%
alcohol. The bottle contains
500
500
500
milliliters of solution.
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How many milliliters of alcohol are in the solution?
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milliliters
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Chef Rita is cooking for a Sunday brunch. She knows that
22
22
22
pancakes can feed
8
8
8
people. She is wondering how many people
(
p
)
(p)
(
p
)
she can feed with
55
55
55
pancakes. She assumes each person eats the same quantity of pancakes.
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How many people can Rita feed with
55
55
55
pancakes?
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people
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Sam used
6
6
6
loaves of elf bread on an
8
8
8
day hiking trip. He wants to know how many loaves of elf bread (b) he should pack for a
12
12
12
day hiking trip if he eats the same amount of bread each day.
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How many loaves of elf bread should Sam pack for a
12
12
12
day trip?
\newline
loaves
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Ana drinks horchata out of glasses that each hold
1
8
\frac{1}{8}
8
1
of a liter. She has
7
10
\frac{7}{10}
10
7
of a liter of horchata in her refrigerator.
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How many glasses of horchata can she pour?
\newline
glasses
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Darius buys a bottle of a chemical solution that contains
70
%
70 \%
70%
alcohol. The bottle contains
500
500
500
milliliters of solution. How many milliliters of alcohol are in the solution?
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A biologist puts a certain number of DNA strands into a machine, which uses a process called PCR cycling. Each PCR cycle, the machine creates a copy of every DNA strand. All of the DNA strands (the original DNA strands and their copies) remain together in the machine, ready for more PCR cycles. If a biologist puts
1
1
1
thousand DNA strands into the machine and runs it for
4
4
4
cycles, how many DNA strands will be in the machine at the end of the process, in thousands?
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According to Greg, perfect cherry pies have a ratio of
240
240
240
cherries to
3
3
3
pies.
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How many cherries does Greg need to make
15
15
15
perfect cherry pies?
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cherries
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Of a squirrel's hidden nuts, for every
5
5
5
that get found, there are
3
3
3
that do not get found. A squirrel hid
40
40
40
nuts all together.
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How many of the nuts do not get found?
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nuts
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Floyd is an aspiring music artist. He has a record contract that pays him a base rate of
$
200
\$ 200
$200
a month and an additional
$
12
\$ 12
$12
for each album that he sells. Last month he earned a total of
$
644
\$ 644
$644
. How many albums did Floyd sell last month?
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A basketball game was scheduled to last
60
60
60
minutes, including the breaks between quarters. Several timeouts were used throughout the game, resulting in the game lasting a total of
72
72
72
minutes, including breaks. If each timeout was
90
90
90
seconds, how many total timeouts were used during the game?
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