Multiplication
92 x 57
5,244
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Each month, Greg and his roommate pay $990 for rent and $350 for groceries. The 2 of them split the costs evenly.
Write an expression that tells you the cost for each person.
($990 + $350) ÷ 2
Complete the sentence.
? is 10 times as much as 0.8.
8
Craig and Louis collected rocks for a science project. They collected 165 rocks altogether. Craig collected 4 times as many rocks as Louis.
How many rocks did Craig collect for the science project?
165 ÷ 5 = 33 (Each box is worth 33)
33 x 4 = 132
132 rocks
Gwen's Road Paving Company mixed 14 ⅞ tons of cement. They used 9 ⅝ tons of the cement to pave a street downtown. How much cement did they have left?
5 ¼ tons (subtract and simplify)
22 x 43
946
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Michelle filled 2 buckets with 45 seashells each. Then, she lost 20 seashells when a wave knocked over one of her buckets.
Write an expression that tells you how many seashells Michelle had left.
(2 x 45) - 20
Complete the sentence.
? is 10 times as much as 0.008.
0.08
Irma's mom made burritos for the fifth-grade picnic. She made 117 burritos, all either sausage or vegetarian. There were 12 times as many sausage burritos as vegetarian burritos.
How many vegetarian burritos did Irma's mom make?
117 ÷ 13 = 9 (Each box is worth 9)
9 veggie burritos
This afternoon Mason left school, rode the bus 4 ⅞ miles, and then walked 3 ⅝ miles to get home. How much farther did Mason ride than walk?
1 ¼ miles (subtract and simplify)
33 x 46
1,518
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Sunny Valley Zoo installed an enormous penguin exhibit. It has 29 rockhopper penguins and 24 king penguins.
Write an expression that tells you how many penguins the exhibit has in all.
29 + 24
Complete the sentence.
? is 1/10 of 0.08.
0.008
The fifth-grade students at Hawthorne Elementary School made an art project using two shapes of pasta. The students used 9 times as many elbow noodles as bowtie noodles. They used a total of 3,230 pieces of pasta.
How many bowtie noodles did the students use?
3230 ÷ 10 = 323 (Each box is worth 323)
323 bowtie pasta pieces
While working at her pastry shop, Kate realizes that she had 8 boxes of baking powder yesterday, but the supply is now down to 5 11/12 boxes. How much more baking powder did Kate have yesterday?
2 1/12 boxes (subtract)
78 x 10
780
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The art teacher has 24 boxes of markers. Each box has 12 markers.
Write an expression that tells you the total number of markers the art teacher has.
24 x 12
Complete the sentence.
? is 10 times as much as 0.07.
0.7
Leo was working on homework while texting his friends. He spent 115 minutes altogether on these activities. Leo spent 4 times as long working on homework as he spent texting his friends.
How many minutes did Leo spend texting his friends?
115 ÷ 5 = 23 (Each box is worth 23)
23 min. texting
Sandee and her roommates ate 1 pint of ice cream on Friday night and 1 ⅞ pints of ice cream on Saturday night. How many pints did they eat in all?
2 ⅞ pints (add)
56 x 11
616
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Greta signed up for tap dance classes. Each class cost $25, and she paid for 4 classes. Greta also bought new tap shoes for $19.
Write an expression that tells you the total amount of money that Greta spent.
($25 x 4) + 19
Complete the sentence.
? is 1/10 of 0.01.
0.001
The Fairview High School hockey team played a game against a visiting team from across the state. There were 276 fans at the game. The home team had 5 times as many fans as the visiting team.
How many fans were at the hockey game from the visiting team?
276 ÷ 6 = 46 (Each box is worth 46)
46 fans
Last year, Natalie grew 5 inches and her brother grew 1 ⅘ inches. How much more did Natalie grow than her brother?
3 ⅕ inches (subtract)