Fact Families
Area Problems
Story Problems 1
Story Problems 2
Two-Step Story Problems
100
Write a multiplication equation to solve for N. 35 / N = 5
7 x 5 = 35 or 5 x 7 = 35
100
A mattress has a length of 7 feet and a width of 6 feet. What is the area of the mattress? _____ square feet
42 square feet
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
100
A sign is shaped like a square. Eva draws lines on the sign to make 3 equal rectangles. Each rectangle is 3 inches wide and 9 inches long. What is the area of the square? _____ square inches
81 square inches
100
Nine hens laid 6 eggs each. Five of the eggs broke. How many eggs are left?
49 eggs 9 x 6 - 5 = 54 - 5 = 49
200
Write two facts that go with the fact family 9 9 81.
9 x 9 = 81 or 81 / 9 = 9
200
The wading pool at Evans Park is shaped like a square with sides 8 feet long. What is the area of the wading pool? _____ square feet
64 square feet
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
200
Ty uses 20 feet of fencing to make a rectangular garden. He divides the rectangle into 4 equal squares all in one row. The side of each square is 2 feet long. What is the area of the garden? _____ square feet
16 square feet
200
Angela had $4. She bought 2 pumpkins for $1 each. How much money does Angela have now?
$2 $4 - (2 x $1) = $4 = $2 = $2
300
Write a division fact to prove 7 x 6 = 42.
42 / 7 = 6 or 42 / 6 =7
300
Milo's rug has a length of 5 feet and an area of 40 square feet. What is the width of his rug? _____ feet
8 feet
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
300
Aaron is stacking cans in a grocery store. The bottom row has 7 cans. Each row above has 1 fewer can. How many cans will be stacked in all?
28 cans
300
In the locker room, there are 8 rows of 9 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?
66 lockers 8 x 9 - 6 = 72 - 6 = 66
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
400
Lily wants to enclose a garden plot. Each side of the garden will be 9 feet. What is the area of the garden? _____ square feet
81 square feet
400
Pierre built a rectangular pen for his rabbits. The pen is 4 feet wide and 6 feet long. What is the area of the pen? _____ square feet
24 square feet
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
400
There are 8 houses on Jeremiah’s street. Each house has 1 willow tree, 6 apple trees, and 2 olive trees. How many trees are on Jeremiah’s street in all?
72 trees 8 x (1 + 6 + 2) = 8 x 9 = 72
500
Write the facts in the fact family for any square number.
for example: 2 x 2 = 4 4 / 2 = 2
500
A picture has a width of 6 inches and an area of 48 square inches. What is the length of the picture? _____ inches
8 inches
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
500
Adam walks 3 miles a day. How many miles does he walk in a week?
21 miles
500
Tim has 9 marbles. Ryan has 3 fewer marbles than Tim. Leslie has 5 more marbles than Ryan. How many marbles does Leslie have?
11 marbles (9 - 3) + 5 = 6 + 5 = 11
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