Vocabulary
Story Problems
Arrays
Find the unknown
Mix
100

What does the word "product" mean? 

The answer or result of a multiplication equation

100

Your class is having a pizza party! You buy 5 pizzas. Each pizza has 4 slices. How many slices is that all together? 

5 x 4 = 20

It is 20 slices all together 

100

Draw an array that shows 5 rows of 6. What is the complete multiplication sentence that represents this array? 

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xxxxxx                                 5 x 6 = 30 

xxxxxx

xxxxxx

100

7 + 7 + 7 +7 = ______

7 + 7 + 7+ 7 = 28

100


Sebastian buys some soccer balls for his soccer team. Each ball is $3. How much money does Sebastian spend if he buys 6 soccer balls? 


6 x 3 = $18 

Sebastian will spend $18. 

200

What is a dividend?

A dividend is the number or amount being divided 


                        15 ÷ 5 = 3 

200

Ted has 18 candy bars. He wants to put them into 6 bags and tries to put the same number of candy bars in each bag. How many candy bars go in each bag? Are there any candy bars leftover? 

18 ÷ 6 = 3 

3 candy bars go in each bag, there are no candy bars left over!

200

Draw an array that shows 3 rows of 8. Write the multiplication equation that represents the array. 

3 x 8 = 24


200

8 threes + 1 three = 

9 x 3 = 27

200


Find the divisor in this division equation:

36 ÷ ___ = 9



36 ÷ 4 = 9

300


What are the factors in this multiplication equation? 

4 x 6 = 24 

4 and 6 are the factors in the multiplication equation 



300

Nancy, Jason and Philip go fishing. They catch 27 fish. If they equally split up the fish, how many fish will each of them get? 

27 ÷ 3 = 9


They will each get 9 fish! 

300

Arianna is making an array for 4 rows of 9. What is the multiplication sentence that matches this array and what is the size of each group? 

4 x 9 = 36

The size of each group is 9. 

300

42 = 6 x ___

42 = 6 x 7

300

Draw an array of 4 rows of 6. Write the multiplication equation that represents the array and use the commutative property to show the equation in another way. 

4 x 6 = 24      6 x 4 = 24

400


What is a quotient and where can it be found in this equation? 

12 ÷ 4 = 3

A quotient is the answer to a division equation. The quotient in this problem is 3. 

400

Marley bought 6 boxes of crayons. There are 8 crayons in each box. What is the total number of crayons Marley bought? 

6 x 8 = 48 

Marley bought 48 crayons 

400

Mrs.Carrigan writes 4 x 8 = 8 x 4 on the board. Do you agree or disagree? Draw arrays to help explain your thinking. 

Yes, I agree because of the commutative property! The factors in the equation switched places, but the total (or the amount of dots in my array) stayed the same. They both have a product of 32. 

400

28 ÷ ? = 4

28 ÷ 7 = 4 

400

What is the missing factor? 

8 x __ = 72 

8 x 9 = 72

9 is the missing factor 

500

What is a divisor? 

A divisor is the number you are dividing by 

500

Ms.A bought 10 apples. She wanted to eat some of the apples, but also share with her 4 of her friends! How many apples would each person get? 

10 ÷ 5 = 2 

Each person would get two yummy apples! 

500

Addison buys 2 bags of candy. Each bag has 7 pieces of candy in it. Draw an array to show how many pieces of candy Addison has altogether. Write and solve a multiplication sentence to describe the array. Use the commutative property to write the other multiplication sentence that would match the array. 

Your array should have 2 rows of 7. There are 14 pieces of candy altogether. 


2 x 7 = 14

7 x 2 = 14 

500

13 x 10 = 

13 x 10 = 130

500

Margo has 9 strawberries. She wants to put 3 strawberries in some bags. How many bags does she need? Write a division sentence where the answer represents the the number of Margo's bags. Also, draw a number bond to represent the problem. 

9 ÷3 = 3

Margo needs 3 bags

Your number bond should have the biggest number circled at the top, then three lines sticking out with the number 3 under each 

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