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Math: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Numbers - Long Multiplication and Division (Questions)

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Mr Picasso buys 287 paintbrushes for his 41 art students. How many paintbrushes does each student get?

[ ]	4
[ ]	7
[ ]	9
[ ]	11

A train carries 107 seated passengers. At Waterloo station there are 33 trains. If the trains are full, how many seated passengers will there be?

[ ]	3,531
[ ]	3,786
[ ]	3,855
[ ]	4,000

What is 1,000 / 8?

[ ]	120
[ ]	125
[ ]	130
[ ]	135

Pens are sold in boxes of 85. A shop orders 63 boxes. How many pens does the shop receive?

[ ]	4,800
[ ]	4,863
[ ]	5,355
[ ]	5,638

Farmer O'Nions sells his carrots in sacks of 120. A restaurant is doing a carrot soup special and requires 1,000 carrots. How many sacks will they order?

[ ]	8
[ ]	9
[ ]	10
[ ]	11

What is 1,445 / 17?

[ ]	80
[ ]	85
[ ]	90
[ ]	95

Anne has a collection of 483 stamps. Two friends want the same hobby so Anne shares her stamps between the three of them. How many does each person get?

[ ]	151
[ ]	155
[ ]	157
[ ]	161

What is 234 x 87?

[ ]	20,358
[ ]	20,538
[ ]	20,583
[ ]	20,835

The latest best-selling novel is 314 pages long. A bookstore orders 840 copies. How many pages will there be?

[ ]	240,650
[ ]	256,781
[ ]	261,009
[ ]	263,760

10.

What is the remainder when 550 is divided by 9?

[ ]	1
[ ]	2
[ ]	5
[ ]	7

Math: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Numbers - Long Multiplication and Division (Answers)

Mr Picasso buys 287 paintbrushes for his 41 art students. How many paintbrushes does each student get?

[ ]	4
[x]	7
[ ]	9
[ ]	11

A train carries 107 seated passengers. At Waterloo station there are 33 trains. If the trains are full, how many seated passengers will there be?

[x]	3,531
[ ]	3,786
[ ]	3,855
[ ]	4,000

Remember to check your answer by dividing it by 107 (to get 33) or 33 (to get 107)

What is 1,000 / 8?

[ ]	120
[x]	125
[ ]	130
[ ]	135

Pens are sold in boxes of 85. A shop orders 63 boxes. How many pens does the shop receive?

[ ]	4,800
[ ]	4,863
[x]	5,355
[ ]	5,638

63 boxes of 85 pens. The calculation is 63 x 85

Farmer O'Nions sells his carrots in sacks of 120. A restaurant is doing a carrot soup special and requires 1,000 carrots. How many sacks will they order?

[ ]	8
[x]	9
[ ]	10
[ ]	11

1,000 / 120 is more than 8, therefore 9 sacks are needed

What is 1,445 / 17?

[ ]	80
[x]	85
[ ]	90
[ ]	95

You can also multiply your answer by 17 to check it's correct. 85 x 17 = 1,445

Anne has a collection of 483 stamps. Two friends want the same hobby so Anne shares her stamps between the three of them. How many does each person get?

[ ]	151
[ ]	155
[ ]	157
[x]	161

483 / 3 = 161

What is 234 x 87?

[x]	20,358
[ ]	20,538
[ ]	20,583
[ ]	20,835

The latest best-selling novel is 314 pages long. A bookstore orders 840 copies. How many pages will there be?

[ ]	240,650
[ ]	256,781
[ ]	261,009
[x]	263,760

That's a lot of pages!

10.

What is the remainder when 550 is divided by 9?

[x]	1
[ ]	2
[ ]	5
[ ]	7

550 divided by 9 equals 61.1111... Ignore the decimal part and calculate 9 x 61 = 549. Thus, 550 - 549 =1. This method will always give you the whole number remainder in problems like this