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100

There are 26 students in a class. If each student earns 4 High-Five tickets, how many tickets were given out? 

104 tickets

100

15 x 4

60

100

Sean is earning money from babysitting. He has earned $48 and wants to buy 6 different games. How much money can he spend on each game? 

Divide

BONUS: 8

100

Write the fact family: 5, 16, 80

5 x 16 = 80

16 x 5 = 80

80 / 5 = 16

80 / 16 = 5

200

Matt is putting a triangle fence in his backyard. If each side used 43 pieces, how many pieces of wood does he need to buy? 

129 pieces

200

26 x 5

130

200

A package of pencils contains 25 pencils. How many total pencils would you have if you bought 9 packages? 

Multiply

BONUS: 225 pencils

200

Make a fact family: 9, 52, 468

9 x 52 = 468

52 x 9 = 468

468 / 9 = 52

468 / 52 = 9

300

Kayla wants to organize her stuffed animals. She puts 8 stuffed animals on each of her 36 shelves. How many stuffed animals does Kayla have? 

288 stuffed animals

300

38 x 6

228

300

We are going on a field trip! If there are 72 students and 4 teachers going on the trip, how many students are in each teacher's group? 

Divide

BONUS: 18 students

300

Write the fact family: 73, 7, 511

73 x 7 = 511

7 x 73 = 511

511 / 7 = 73

511 / 73 = 7

400

Olivia took 4 friends to a farm to pick apples. If each person picked 42 apples, how many apples did they pick all together?

210 apples

400

7 x 54

378

400

Carly wants to find out the total number of minutes she spent reading this week. If she read for 38 minutes each day, how much time did she spend reading in a week? 

Multiply

BONUS: 266 minutes

400

Write the fact family: 28, 6, ?

28 x 6 = 168

6 x 28 = 168

168 / 6 = 28

168 / 28 = 6

500

Sarah is making friendship bracelets for her 8 friends! If she makes 64 bracelets for each person, how many total bracelets will she have to make?  

512 bracelets

500

13 x 87 

I <3 TS

1,131

500

Mrs. M printed 83 posters. If she has a rectangular classroom, how many posters could go on each wall? 

Divide

BONUS: 20 posters with 3 extra (20 r3) 

500

Write the fact family:  84, 5, ?

84 x 5 = 420

5 x 84 = 420

420 / 5 = 84

420 / 84 = 5

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