Vocabulary
Multiplication
Division
Word Problems 1
Word Problems 2
100

What is the answer to a multiplication problem?

product

100

56 x 81

4,536

100

7298 ÷ 8

912 R2

100
Nancy has 25 books. Sara has 5 times more books than Nancy. How many books does Sara have ?
125 books
100

There are 43 calories in a candy bar. How many calories are there in 41 candy bars ?

1,763 calories

200

What is the answer to a division problem?

Quotient

200

73 x 46

3,358

200
1,855 ÷ 5
371
200
Sara has 49 orange balloons and 17 blue balloons. Sally has 5 times more orange balloons than Sara. How many orange balloons does Sally have?
245 orange balloons
200
Mike bought 5 dozen eggs from the grocery store to bake some cakes. He plans to bake the cakes over 7 days. How many eggs did Mike buy?
60 eggs
300

What is the name for the numbers being multiplied together?

factors

300

38 x 19

741

300
365 ÷ 2
182 r 1
300
Mary goes fishing with Joan. They each catch 25 trout. If they equally split up the trout with themselves and 3 friends, how may will each person get ?
10 trout
300
Tom was at the beach for five days and found 8 seashells and 36 starfish. He plans to give all of his seashells equally to his four friends. How many seashells will each friend get?
2 seashells
400

What do these numbers show?


4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48....and on and on

Multiples of 4

400

A soccer team plays 48 games each year. How many games will they play in 26 years?

1,248

400
806 ÷ 5
161 r 1
400
Alex has 148 baseball cards he wants to put in an album. Each page on the album can hold 8 cards. How many pages will Alex need to hold all his baseball cards?
19
400
Sara sold half of her comic books and then bought 7 more. She now has 17. How many did she begin with ?
20 comic books
500

What do you do when you can't figure out a problem 

When in doubt, draw it out

500

A small school bus can hold 13 adults or 17 children. If the bus makes 43 trips in a day with only children, how many children will the bus carry?

731

500
Jarin has 436 football cards that he wants to put into sleeves for a photo album. Each sleeve can hold 9 cards. How many cards will be on the last page?
4
500
Tom bought 5 new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only 47 cards left. How many cards did Tom start with ?
89 baseball cards
500
Mrs. Smith makes bracelets for each person in her class. *She has 25 students *Each bracelet uses 45 beads to make *Mrs. Smith puts the beads in 5 boxes, with the same number of beads in each box. How many beads does Mrs. Smith put in each box?
225
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