Word Problems
Balance the Sides
Patterns in Multiplication
The Unknown
Vocabulary
100

Makayla and Hanna each took 147 spoons to the school party. Trinity took 33 spoons. About how many cupcakes did the girls take to the party?

A. 180            B. 570          C. 330

What is 330

100

14= ? x 2

What is 7

100

What patterns do you see in the multiples of 2?

What is all numbers are even/ skip count by 2 each time

100

What multiplication fact can help you solve

12 ÷ 3 =?

What is 4

100

Haylin divided 24 by 3. The dividend is ____. The divisor is _____.

What is dividend:24, divisor: 3

200

Mrs. Blackmon is buying school supplies. She buys 3 binders and 4 boxes of pencils. She spent $42. If the items are all the same price, how much does each item cost?

What is 6

200

54 ÷ Y = 6

What is 9

200

What pattern do you notice on the hundreds chart?

Variable answers:

Numbers increase by ones moving across rows

Numbers increase by tens moving down columns

200

What multiplication problem can I use to help me solve:

18 ÷ 3 = B

What is 6

200

True or False?

The unknown or missing number can be represented as a symbol, question mark or letter.


What is true

300

Anarely and Elizabeth are sharing a bowl of blueberries. They divide the blueberries into 2 equal groups. There is 1  blueberry left in the bowl. Which number could be the number of blueberries they started out with?

A. 37     B. 48     C. 24

What is 37 ( this is an odd number)

300

8 x 5 = 6 + ?

What is 34

300

Use the distributive property to complete the pattern.

6 x 2 = (3 x 2) + ( _  x 2)


What is 3

300

What multiplication fact can help me solve

8 = 56 ÷ ?

What is 7

300

Draw a picture to represent:

Three equal groups of five

5 + 5 + 5

400

Devin has 45 apple slices. He bakes 5 apple tarts. How many apple slices are used in each tart?

What is 9

400

3 x ? = 12 x 1

What is 4

400

Look at the multiplication chart

If you add the multiple of 1 and the multiple of 2, you get the multiple of 3. 

Choose another pattern like the one above

Answers may vary: 

2 and 3 to get 5

4 and 6 to get 10


400

Solve

2 x 2 = 3 + ?

What is 1

400

The answer to a multiplication problem is the ______.

What is product

500

The distance from Petes house to his brother's house is 200 miles. Pete drove 38 miles in the morning and 57 miles in the afternoon. Estimate how much farther Tom has to drive to reach his brothers house.

What is about 100 miles

500

8 x 3 = ? ÷ 1

What is 24

500

What patterns do you notice in the 5's column?

Skip count by 5's 

There are even and odd numbers

500

Solve

5 x 5 = 20 + ?

(hint: Balance the sides)

What is 5

500

The product is the same number as the ______ in a division problem.

(hint: Think of the fact family)

Dividend

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