Clue Words
"Altogether", "in all" and "sum" are all clue words for what operation?
Addition
Four friends are playing a game. 36 cards are dealt out between the friends. What equation can be used to find how many cards each person receives?
36 divided by 4=9
There are 6 minivans. Each minivan holds 7 people. How many people can ride in the minivan in all?
6x7= 42
Jalila has to solve the problem 9 x5. She draws 9 rows with 5 circles in each row. What strategy did Jalila use to help her solve the problem.
Draw an Array
Product is a clue words for what operation?
Multiplication
Maria gets a magazine every 3 months. How many magazines does Maria get each year?
4
Mathew will ride his bike a total of 45 miles over 9 days. He will ride the same number of miles each day. What is the total number of miles Mathew will ride each day?
Write the equation
45 divided by 9 = 5
Ibrahim has to multiply 4 x 14. He is confused because his multiplication facts only go up to 12. So Ibrahim breaks up his problem as seen below.
4x10= 40
4x4 = 16 So, 40+16= 56 So, 4x14= 56
What strategy did he use?
Distributive Property
Fewer is a clue words for what operation?
Subtraction
There are 24 markers in a package. The markers are divided equally and given to 3 friends. How many markers does each friend get? Which related fact can be used to solve the problem?
24 divided by 8 = 3
Ariel's goal is to ride her bike 100 miles. She rides 8 miles every day. She has ridden for 3 days. How many more miles will Ariel need to ride her bike to meet her goal?
3x8=24
100-24= 76
Ashley has to solve the problem 40 divided by 8. Ashley decides to use the multiplication fact 8x5=40 to help her solve. What did Ashley just use to help her solve the problem?
related facts
Inverse operation
"Each" and "quotient" is a clue word for what operation?
Division
Sia is making hair bows for her friends. She needs 2 feet of ribbon. How many bows can Sia make? Write out your equation.
2 x 9 = 18
18 divided by 2 = 9
8 x 6 = 48 48 divided by 6 equals 8
6 x 8 = 48 48 divided by 8 equals 6
What do the equations above show?
Fact Family
"Each" is a clue word for which two operations?
Multiplication and division
One-fourth of Aaliyah's karate class has red hair. There are 28 children in Aaliyah's class. Four adults with red hair join the class. What is the total number of people in the class who have red hair?
28 divided by 4 = 28
7+4= 11
There are 3 girls selling cookies to raise money for a camping trip. Each girl must sell 11 boxes of cookies to pay for her camping equipment. Each box has 20 cookies. How many cookies must be sold altogether by the three girls?
3x11=33
33x20=660
Laila M has to solve the equation 5x 7=_
She draws a row of 5 connected boxes with the number 7 in each box and then she counts by 7s to get 35. What did Laila use to solve the problem?
A Bar Diagram