FACTORS
WORD PROBLEMS
VOCABULARY
DIVISION
NAME THAT 2-DIGIT NUMBER
100

What are the factors of 17?

What is 1 and 17

100

There were some rabbits in a pen, Altogether I counted 56 feet. How many rabbits were in the pen?

What is 14 rabbits.

100

What is the definition of a prime number?

What is a number that has exactly two unique factors, one and itself.

100

What remainders are possible when the divisor is 12?

What are numbers 0-11.

100

It is the smallest two-digit prime number.

What is 11.

200

How many factors does 28 have?

What is 6.

200

How many cars are needed to take 46 Girl Scouts to the community center after school if each car holds six Girl Scouts in addition to the driver?

What is 8 cars.
200

Use three math terms you have learned in this unit to describe the number 36.

What is.... It is composite, even, square number, has factors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36.

200

Write a related sentence that uses multiplication for 45/6. (Think near facts)

What is 7 x 6 + 3 = 45.

200

It is divisible by 10. The tens digit is equal to the number of legs on an insect.

What is 60.

300

Give an example of a number with exactly three different factors.

What is....4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, etc...

300

Pens cost $1.29 each. Use mental math to figure out how much it will cost to buy five pens.

What is $6.45.

300

What do the terms product, sum, quotient, and difference have in common?

What is they are all terms that describe the answer as a result of an operation: multiplication, addition, division, and subtraction.

300

The quotient is 13, the divisor is 6 and the remainder is 3. What is the dividend?

What is 81.

300

It is odd. It is prime. The product of the digits is 15.

What is 53.

400

List the factors of 39.

What is 1, 3, 13, and 39.
400

Danielle has been collecting recycled cans for a charity drive. Each can is worth $0.05. Danielle has raised $2.35. How many more cans does she need to collect in order to have a donation of $5.00?

What is 53 cans.

400

What are the divisor and dividend and how are they related?

What is the divisor is the number in a division problem that divides into another number, known as the dividend.

400

John said that 23/0=0 but Carla disagreed and said there is no answer. Who is right? Explain.

Carla is right since the multiplication sentence that corresponds to the division problem is 0 x 0 =23, which is false. No answer is possible, which means the answer is undefined.

400

It is composite. The digits add to 12. One of the factors is 13.

What is 39.

500

What is the greatest common factor of 24 and 18?

What is 6.

500

If hot dogs come in packages of eight and buns come in packages of 12, what is the minimum number of hot dog and bun packages needed so every bun has one hotdog.

What is 3 packages of hot dogs and 2 packages of buns.

500

Explain how a multiple and a factor are alike and different.

What is a factor and multiple are both terms used to describe a multiplicative relationship; a factor is  a number that divides evenly into a given whole number, and a multiple is a number that is the product of a given number and a whole number.

500
There are 58 recess balls outside for 4th grade. There are 6 classes that must share them equally. How many will each class get? Tell me what you would do with the remainder? What is the final answer?

What is 9 balls. There would be 4 balls left over. You would ignore the remainder because there are not enough to go around again to each class.

500

The digits sum is 9. It is an odd number. It is a square number.

What is 81.
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