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Samson wants to read all 350 books in the fantasy section of

There are 42,000 storm troopers
on the Death Star organized into
platoons of 40. How many
platoons of Stormtroopers are
there?
his schools library before he graduates. He has determined
that he needs to read 30 books each year for the next 7 years.
Hes already read 70 books. Check Samsons math. Will he
finish in time? Show your work.

What if there were 420,000

Stormtroopers? How many
platoons?

This year the herring fleet has decided to split the money they make At one point Alex Rodriguez was making
from the season evenly between all boats. As a herring fisherman, 32 million dollars a season. If he played
how would you figure out how much money you would make? 160 games a year, about how much
money did A-rod earn each game?
Explain your thought process.
What would represent your divisor and quotient?

Would you want there to be more or fewer boats fishing for

herring? Why?

If you knew the fleet was going to catch 5.6 million dollars worth of
herring and there were going to be 50 boats, how much money
would you make?
Come up with your own story problem involving division using a 2-digit divisor