Partial Products/
Expanded Algorithm
Word Problems
Word Problems 2
Problem Solving
100
With 22 x 8 16 is one of the partial products. What is the other?
What is 160?
100
22 boys signed up to go to the semi formal dance. Twice as many girls signed up to go. How many girls signed up to go?
What is 44 girls?
100
Emma bought five dresses. Each dress cost $19. How much did Emma spend?
What is $95?
100
Todd read 35 pages of his book on Saturday. He read for 10 minutes on Sunday. How many pages did Todd read over the weekend? Tell what extra or missing information is included with this problem. Solve is possible.
What is we are missing how many pages Todd read on Sunday?
200
In 26 x 3 one of the partial products is 18. What is the other?
What is 60?
200
It costs me $57 a week to put gas in my car. How much does it cost me to put gas in my car for 5 week?
What is $285?
200
There are 128 members of Carroll's marching band. Each musician has 7 uniforms. How many uniforms are there altogether?
What is 896 uniforms?
200
Sedona bought a flash drive for $11, a key ring for $4, and two CD's. What information is needed to find out the total amount Sedona spent before tax?
What is the price of the CD's?
300
Coca Cola played its commercial 33 times on ABC over 7 days. What partial product would you put with 210 to figure out the total times the commercial was played over 7 days?
What is 21?
300
A Taco Bell sells 455 tacos a day. How many tacos do they sell in 4 days?
What is 1,820 tacos?
300
A snack has 37 almonds in it. A can of nuts has 5 times as many almonds. How many almonds are in the can of nuts?
What is 185 almonds?
300
Our Spell Bowl Club students took a bus trip. Each student paid $15 for the bus ticket. They visited a museum and a coffee shop. Admission to the museum was $7 for students and $8 for adults. The coffee shop had free coffee. What information is NOT needed to find out how much each student spent on the trip?
What is that admission to the museum was $8 for adults?
400
In the problem 8 x 38 one of the partial products is 240. What is the other?
What is 64?
400
The cost to buy a new computer is $1,745. If I were to buy three new computers for the classroom how much would it cost?
What is $5,235?
400
Marc goes on a business trip 3 times a month. He drives 4,894 kilometers for each trip. What is the total distance of his monthly trips?
What is 14,682 kilometers?
400
An orchard has 3 times as many apple trees as cherry trees. If there are 63 pear trees and 52 cherry trees, how many apple trees are there?
What is 156 apple trees?
500
WMEE played "Applause" 48 times a day for 4 days. What partial products would you use to find how many times the song was played in all?
What are 32 and 160?
500
Cam's dad gets paid $1, 235 each week. How much money will Cam's dad get paid for working 7 weeks? How can you use estimation to check the reasonableness of your answer?
What is $8,645? Estimation is 7 x $1,000= $7,000
500
Sarah bought 150 sheets of paper and 5 notebooks. She put 50 sheets in her math folder, 25 sheets in her science folder, 25 sheets in her social studies folder, and 40 sheets in her reading folder. How many sheets did Sarah have left?
What is 10 sheets?
500
Ms. Pensinger drove 5 miles from her home to Forest Park Elementary. Forest Park Elementary is 7 miles South of Huntertown. From Forest Park she drove 9 miles to New Haven. Then she drove 18 miles to Roanoke. How far did Ms. Pensinger drive in all from her home? Identify the extra or missing information. Solve if possible.
What is 32 miles? The extra information is that Forest Park Elementary is 7 miles South of Huntertown.
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