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Vocabulary
Solve and explain
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100
Each elephant at our zoo gets 45 pounds of vegetables a day. How many pounds of vegetables does it take to feed one elephant for 7 weeks? (49 days)
2, 205 pounds
100
What is the answer to a multiplication problem?
Product
100
The eight 4th grade classes at CRE each have 19 students. If half of all of the 4th graders came to "Back to School Night," how many students attended? Divide or Multiply? - WHY?
Divide. Explain why.
100
Use partial product to multiply 26 x 34=
20x30=600 20x4=80 6x30=180 6x4=24 Product=884
100
The RRHS Dance Team is going to a dance competition. They are all going to carpool. Each car will hold 7 people. If there were 48 girls going, what is the least number of cars that will be needed to take the girls?
7 Cars
200
The eight 4th grade classes at CRE each have 19 students. If half of all of the 4th graders came to "Back to School Night," how many students attended? How do you know?
76 Because 19 x 8= 152 and half of 152 is 76
200
What is the answer to a division problem called?
Quotient
200
What is the total area of a 16 ft. by 28 ft. classroom? Multiply or Divide?
Multiply, explain why.
200
64x15=
960 explain your process
200
The Round Rock Sports Arena is hosting a basketball tournament. There are 26 teams playing. Each player will receive a participation trophy. If there are 12 players on each team, and each trophy costs $8, how much money will be spent on all of the trophies?
$2, 496
300
Kristin is making bookmarks as holiday presents. She wants to hang a string of 5 beads from the end of each bookmark. Kristin has 235 beads. How many bookmarks can she make?
47 bookmarks
300
What are the digits multiplied together in a multiplication sentence?
Factors
300
The elephant keeper brought in 40 gallons of water for elephants. How many cups of water are there in 40 gallons? (Remember that 16 cups are in a gallon). Multiply or divide?
Multiply, explain why.
300
16 x 35
560
300
There were a total of 56 contestants in a hot dog eating contest. The contestants were separated into 8 equal sized teams. How many teams were there?
7
400
The basketball team is selling t-shirts for $9 each. On Monday, they sell 4 t-shirts. On Tuesday, they sell 5 times as many t-shirts as on Monday. How much money did the team earn altogether on Monday and Tuesday?
216 t shirts
400
An arrangement of objects, pictures, or numbers in columns and rows is called an
Array
400
Josh wants to buy himself a new DS that costs $240. Josh already has $32, but he wants to make a plan to save the rest of the money that he needs. He decides to save the same amount of money each month for the next 4 months. Write an equation that helps josh figure out how much money he needs to save each month.
Subtract, then divide - explain why
400
Amanda is having a birthday party and giving away goodie bags. She wants to make sure that every party guest gets 8 pieces of chocolate and 4 pieces of gum. If Amanda invited 32 guests, how many pieces of candy does she need to make sure she has?
What is 384 pieces of candy?
400
Nick's grandmother gave him some money for his birthday. She gave him 9 bundles of ten dollar bills. Each bundle has 30 bills. What is the total value of these ten dollar bills?
$2,700
500
The ladybugs over in Leafington are building a park for their children. They are planning to make a sandbox that is 12 centimeters wide and 18 centimeters long. How many centimeters will their sandbox be?
216 sq. centimeters
500
The number you divide by
Divisor
500
Amanda is having a birthday party and giving away goody bags. She wants to make sure that every party guest gets 8 pieces of chocolate and 4 pieces of gum. If Amanda invited 32 guests, how many pieces of candy does she need to make sure she has?
384 total pieces multiply and add, explain why
500
What is the quotient of 864 divided by 8?
What is 108?
500
Austin is making goodie bags for his birthday to give out to his classmates. Inside each bag, he places 6 stickers and 2 erasers. He is going to make 22 for his classmates, and an extra for his teacher. Which equation can be used to find "x," the total number of stickers and erasers in all of the goodie bags? A. 22 x 6= x B. 6 X 2 =X C. 8 x 23 = x D. 23/8= x
C. 8 x 23 = x 22 students + 1 teacher 6 stickers + 2 erasers
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