Story Problems #1
Geri brings 3 water jugs to her soccer game to share with teammates. Each jug contains 6 liters of water. How many liters of water does Geri bring?
Geri brings 18 liters of water to her soccer game.
3 x ___ = 21
7
What numbers belong in the blanks?
4, 8, ____ , 16, ____, 24, 28, ____ , _____ , 40
12
20
32
36
5 rows of 6
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Pedro buys 4 books at the fair for $7 each. What is the total amount Pedro spends on 4 books?
Pedro spends $28 on books.
Twenty-four people line up to use the canoes at the park. Three people are assigned to each canoe. How many canoes are used?
Eight canoes were used.
9 x ___ = 27
3
What numbers belong in the blanks?
6, 12, ____ , 24, ____, 36, 42, ____ , _____ , 60
18
30
48
54
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Marshall puts 6 pictures on each of the 6 pages in his photo album. How many pictures does he put in the photo album in all?
Marshall puts 36 pictures total in the photo album.
Lonna buys 3 t-shirts for $8 each. What is the total amount Lonna spends on 3 t-shirts?
Lonna spends $24 total on shirts.
7 x ___ = 42
6
What numbers belong in the blanks?
7, 14, ____ , 28, ____, 42, 49, ____ , _____ , 70
21
35
56
63
18 stars in 3 rows
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Julie counts by six to solve 6 × 7. She says the answer is 36. Is she right?
Julie is incorrect because, 6 x 7 is 42.
Miss Potts used a total of 28 cups of flour to bake some bread. She used 4 cups of flour for each loaf of bread. How many loaves of bread did she bake?
Miss Potts baked 7 loaves of bread.
8 x ___ = 24
3
What numbers belong in the blanks?
8, 16, ____ , 32, ____, 48, 56, ____ , _____ , 80
24
40
64
72
12 in rows of 4
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Gracie draws 7 rows of stars. In each row, she draws 4 stars. How many stars does Gracie draw in all?
Mr. Strand waters his rose bushes for a total of 15 minutes. He waters each rose bush for 3 minutes. How many rose bushes does Mr. Strand water?
Mr. Strand waters 5 rose bushes.
6 x ___ = 48
8
What numbers belong in the blanks?
9, 18, ____ , 36, ____, 54, 63, ____ , _____ , 90
27
45
72
81
14 in 2 rows
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Molly says she can count by seven 6 times to solve
7 × 6. James says he can count by six 7 times to solve this problem. Who is right?
Both Molly and James are correct because 7 x 6 is the same as 6 x 7. Both are equal to 42.