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She 2) Faye sewed 18 beads onto bracelets, stores 7 shells in each box. The number using 3 beads for each bracelet. The of boxes she needs, t, can be found number of bracelets, t, can be found\u003Cbr>using this equation. using this equation.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>How many boxes does Paige need? How many bracelets did Faye make?\u003Cbr>3) Victor collected 24 seashells. He puts 6 seashells into each jar. The number of jars he needs, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>24 ÷ t = 6\u003Cbr>How many jars does Victor need?\u003Cbr>5) Sam has 48 trading cards. He sorts them into equal stacks with 6 cards in each stack. The number of stacks, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>48 ÷ t = 6\u003Cbr>How many stacks are there?\u003Cbr>7) Jerry has 24 trading cards. He sorts them into equal piles with 4 cards in each pile. The number of piles, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>24 ÷ t = 4\u003Cbr>How many piles are there?\u003Cbr>4) Frank arranged 15 chairs into rows for the concert. Each row has 3 chairs. The number of rows, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>15 ÷ t = 3\u003Cbr>How many rows are there?\u003Cbr>6) Will printed 45 tickets for the school play. He gave an equal number to each helper, with 9 tickets for each helper. The number of helpers, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>45 ÷ t = 9\u003Cbr>How many helpers are there?\u003Cbr>8) Luke sorted 45 trading cards into equal piles with 5 cards in each pile. The number of piles, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>45 ÷ t = 5\u003Cbr>How many piles are there? |  |  | 1.\u003Cbr>2.\u003Cbr>3.\u003Cbr>4.\u003Cbr>5.\u003Cbr>6.\u003Cbr>7.\u003Cbr>8. |  | Answers |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-8 | 88 | 75 | 63 | 50 |  | 38 | 25 | 13 | 0 |\n\nMath  \n[www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com)  \n Solving an Equation from a Word Problem (Division) Name: Answer Key  \n\n| Use the equation to answer each question.\u003Cbr>1) Paige collected 42 seashells. She 2) Faye sewed 18 beads onto bracelets, stores 7 shells in each box. The number using 3 beads for each bracelet. The of boxes she needs, t, can be found number of bracelets, t, can be found\u003Cbr>using this equation. using this equation.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>How many boxes does Paige need? How many bracelets did Faye make?\u003Cbr>3) Victor collected 24 seashells. He puts 6 seashells into each jar. The number of jars he needs, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>24 ÷ t = 6\u003Cbr>How many jars does Victor need?\u003Cbr>5) Sam has 48 trading cards. He sorts them into equal stacks with 6 cards in each stack. The number of stacks, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>48 ÷ t = 6\u003Cbr>How many stacks are there?\u003Cbr>7) Jerry has 24 trading cards. He sorts them into equal piles with 4 cards in each pile. The number of piles, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>24 ÷ t = 4\u003Cbr>How many piles are there?\u003Cbr>4) Frank arranged 15 chairs into rows for the concert. Each row has 3 chairs. The number of rows, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>15 ÷ t = 3\u003Cbr>How many rows are there?\u003Cbr>6) Will printed 45 tickets for the school play. He gave an equal number to each helper, with 9 tickets for each helper. The number of helpers, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>45 ÷ t = 9\u003Cbr>How many helpers are there?\u003Cbr>8) Luke sorted 45 trading cards into equal piles with 5 cards in each pile. The number of piles, t, can be found using this equation.\u003Cbr>45 ÷ t = 5\u003Cbr>How many piles are there? |  |  | Answers 1.  6  2.  6  3.  4  4.  5  5.  8  6.  5  7.  6  8.  9  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1-8 | 88 | 75 | 63 | 50 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 0 |\n\nMath  \nSeed: 1345792874-1172  \n[www.CommonCoreSheets.com","cbCaiqvtCtKvXeZu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqvtCtKvXeZu","pdf",43605,"English","# Problems\n## Use division equations to find t\n# Answers","[{\"question\":\"How do you solve these division word problems using an equation?\",\"answer\":\"Write a division equation in the form (total) ÷ t = (equal amount per group). 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