Story Problems

Fact Families

100

Write a multiplication equation to solve for 35 as the product and 5 as a factor.

? x 5 = 35 or 5 x 7 = 35

200

Write two facts that go with the fact family 6 4 24.

6 x 4 = 24  24 / 4 = 6

300

Write a division fact to prove 7 x 6 = 42.

42 / 7 = 6 or 42 / 6 =7

400

Write four facts for the fact family 8 7 56.

8 x 7 = 56 7 x 8 = 56 56 / 7 = 8 56 / 8 = 7

500

Write the facts in the fact family for 9, 8, and 72

9 x 8 = 72 8x 9 = 72 72/8 = 9 72/9 = 8

Story Problems 1

100

Ana has a ribbon that is 18 inches long. She cut the ribbon into 3 equal pieces. How long is each piece?

6 inches

200

Students in Mr. Till’s class hung their paintings on the wall. They made 6 rows, with 5 paintings in each row. How many paintings did the students hang?

30 paintings

300

There are 8 goldfish in each tank at the pet store. If there are 56 goldfish in all, how many tanks are there?

7 tanks

400

A park has 4 swing sets. Each of the sets has 7 swings. How many swings are in the park?

28 swings

500

There are 7 groups of students with an equal number of students in each group working on a social studies project. There are 28 students working on the project. How many students are there in each group?

4 students

Story Problems 2

100

There are 5 pancakes in a stack. Elise makes 40 pancakes. How many stacks does Elise make?

8 stacks

200

Mrs. Jameson plants 30 tulips in rows. Each row has 6 tulips. How many rows did Mrs. Jameson plant?

5 rows

300

Jodie has 24 flowers in her garden. She wants to give an equal number of flowers to 4 families in her neighborhood. How many flowers will each family get?

6 flowers

400

Marc bought 18 golf balls. The golf balls were packaged in boxes of 6. How many boxes of golf balls did Marc buy?

3 boxes

500

Adam walks 3 miles a day. How many miles does he walk in a week?

21 miles

Two-Step Story Problems

100

Nine hens laid 6 eggs each. Five of the eggs broke. How many eggs are left?

49 eggs 9 x 6 = 54    54 - 5 = 49

200

Angela had $4. She bought 2 pumpkins for $1 each. How much money does Angela have now?

$2 2 x 1 = 2  4-2 = 2

300

In the locker room, there are 3 rows of 7 lockers. All of the lockers were full in the morning, but in the afternoon 6 were empty. How many lockers were full in the afternoon?

15 lockers 3 x 7 = 21 21- 6 = 15

400

Bonnie buys 6 paperback books every month. She buys 2 hardcover books every month. How many books does she buy in 4 months?

32 books 6 + 2 = 8  8 x 4 = 32

or

6 x 4 = 24 2 x 4 = 8 8 + 24 = 32

500

Steve has 2 sisters. He gave each sister 2 pages of stickers. Each page had 9 stickers on it. How many stickers did Casey give in all?

36 stickers 9 x 2 = 18 18 + 18 = 36