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1. There are 1836 polka dots on Hal’s long johns. 1/6 of them are green. What number of them are green?
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2. Hal has a pet panther name Petunia. Petunia eats 5365 pistachios a year. How many pistachios does she eat in 1/5 this time?
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3. There are 5257 sunflower seeds in the bird feeder. Six chickadees and a baby black bear wish to divide the seeds up evenly among themselves. How many seeds will each receive?
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4. If you had to travel 1,092 miles in seven days, how many miles would you have to travel a day to make the trip?
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5. A peanut farmer has 8 children and he harvests 784 peanuts. How many peanuts can he give each child and how many peanuts would be left over for the farmer?
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6. You are making cookies for 4 of your friends and yourself. Instead of making lots of small cookies, you decide to make 5 big cookies. If you have 785 chocolate morsels, how many morsels can you put in each cookie?
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7. Hal has a pet Kudu named Cucumber. Cucumber loves kumquats and consumes 58 a day. How many kumquats will Cucumber eat in a year?
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8. Hal has planted 39 strawberry plants. If each plant yields 129 strawberries, how many strawberries will he have growing in his garden all together?
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9. On the race track, one lap is 12 miles long. On Sunday they will hold a race that has 133 laps. How long is the race in miles?
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10. A comet traveling at 783 miles an hour can travel how far in one day?
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