Question: Tonya is buying Christmas gifts for her sisters. She has 2 sisters and wants to spend the exact same amount on each. She buys her younger sister 4 dolls that cost $15 each. She plans to buy lego sets for her older sister. They cost $20 each. How many lego sets does she buy?
Answer: She spent $60 on her younger sister because 4 x 15 = 60. She buys 3 lego sets for her older sister because 60 / 20 = 3. The answer is 3.

Question: Kenny wants to make sure he does more jumping jacks every week than he did the week before. He recorded that last week he did 324 total jumping jacks. On Saturday of this week, he looks at his records and sees that on Sunday he did 34. On Monday he did 20. On Tuesday he skipped a day. On Wednesday he did 123. On Thursday he did 64. On Friday he did 23. How many does he have to do on Saturday to make sure he beats last week's number?
Answer: He has already done 264 this week because 34 + 20 + 123 + 64 + 23 = 264. If he does 60 he will have done as many as last week because 324 - 264 = 60. He has to do 61 on Saturday because 60 + 1 = 61. The answer is 61.

Question: Carter grew 9 plants with 3 seed packets. How many more seed packets does Carter need to have a total of 12 plants in his backyard?
Answer: If he grows 9 plants with 3 seed packets, he grows 9 / 3 = 3 plants with 1 seed packet. Since 1 seed packet grows 3 plants, he'll need 1 more to make the plants 12. The answer is 1.

Question: Brian is taping up some boxes. Each box needs three pieces of tape, one as long as the long side and two as long as the short side. If Brian tapes up 5 boxes that measure 15 inches by 30 inches and 2 boxes that measure 40 inches square, how much tape does he need?
Answer:
First find the amount of tape each 15 in x 30 in box needs on the short sides: 2 sides * 15 inches / side = 30 inches. Then add that to the amount of tape each 15 in x 30 in box needs on the long side to find the total amount needed per box: 30 inches + 30 inches = 60 inches. Then multiply that amount by 5 boxes to find the total amount needed: 60 inches / box * 5 boxes = 300 inches. Then find the amount of tape each 40 in x 40 in box needs for its three equal length sides: 3 sides * 40 inches / side = 120 inches. Then multiply that amount by 2 boxes to find the total amount needed: 120 inches / box * 2 boxes = 240 inches. Then add the total amount needed for each box size to find the grand total: 240 inches + 300 inches = 540 inches. The answer is 540.