Multiplication and Division
The product of two facing page numbers is 56.
Find the 2 page numbers.
7 and 8
The difference between two facing page numbers is 1.
7 x 8 = 56
Max has 320 oranges while Ben has 150 oranges.
How many oranges must Max give to Ben so that they will have an equal number of oranges?
85 oranges
320 - 150 = 170
170 ÷ 2 = 85
Tiffany had 6 times as many soft toys as Chloe.
After Tiffany lost 36 soft toys, Tiffany had twice as many soft toys as Chloe.
How many soft toys did Tiffany have at first?
54 soft toys
4 units = 46
36 ÷ 4 = 9 (1 unit)
6 x 9 = 54 (6 units)
Gwyneth multiplied a number by 5.
She then added 20 to it to make it 135.
What is the number?
23
135 - 20 = 115
115 ÷ 5 = 23
Steve had 24 fewer cards than Tom.
How many cards should Tom give to Steve so that Steve will have 6 more cards than Tom.
15 cards
24 - 6 = 18 (2 units)
18 ÷ 2 = 9 (1 unit)
9 + 6 = 15 (to give)
Elliot is buying some tickets to an exhibition.
An adult ticket costs $7 and a child ticket costs $3.
Elliot bought an equal number of adult and child tickets.
Given that he paid $280 in total, how many tickets did he buy altogether?
56 tickets
7 + 3 = 10 (1 set)
280 ÷ 10 = 28 (number of sets)
28 + 28 = 56 (total number of tickets)
When a number is divided by 7, the quotient is 9 and the remainder is 3.
What is the number?
66
9 x 7 = 63
63 + 3 = 66
Amber and Matt had 400 pencils altogether.
After Amber gave 130 pencils to Matt, Matt had 4 times as many pencils as Amber.
How many pencils did Matt have at first?
190 pencils
5 units = 400
400 ÷ 5 = 80 (1 unit)
4 x 80 = 320 (4 units)
320 - 130 = 190 (Matt, at first)
A toy car has 4 wheels and a toy tricycle has 3 wheels.
Stephanie bought 9 more toy tricycles than toy cars.
She counted a total of 97 wheels on the toy cars and toy tricycles.
How many toy tricycles did Stephanie buy?
Ans: 19 toy tricycles
9 x 3 = 27 (9 tricycles)
97 - 27 = 70 (remaining wheels)
4 + 3 = 7 (1 set)
70 ÷ 7 = 10 (number of sets)
10 + 9 = 19 (number of tricycles)