FACTORS
Commutative Property
Vocabulary
WORD PROBLEMS
100
What are the factors in the multiplication problem show below?
5 x 9 = 45
5 and 9 are factors. (The numbers that are being multiplied together are the factors.)
100
What number could you put in the ___ to make the equation true?
___ x 4 = 4 x 7
7
100
What is the name of the 2 numbers being multiplied in a multiplication equation?
Factors
100
There are 4 bags of oranges on the table. Each bag has 2 oranges in it? How many oranges are there altogether?
There are 8 oranges altogether.
200
Write a multiplication expression that has the same value as (3x6)x2.
3x(6x2)
200
Use the commutative property of multiplication to write two expressions that can be used to find the total number of circles in the array below.? Include the product in your answer.
5 x 3 = 15 and 3 x 5 = 15
200
What is the answer to a multiplication problem called?
Product
200
There are 8 piles of laundry with 5 socks in each pile. How many socks are there all together?
40
300
What is the missing factor in this problem?
3 x ___ = 15
The missing factor is 5.
3 x 5 = 15
300
Which statement is true?
a. 2 + 4 = 6, so 2 x 4 = 6
b. 7 - 2 = 5, so 7 x 2 = 5
c. 5 x 2 = 10, so 2 x 5 = 10
d. 4 x 3 = 12, so 3 x 5 = 12
c. 5 x 2 = 10, so 2 x 5 = 10
300
What symbols are used in the associative property of multiplication to show which two factors you should multiply first?
Parenthesis
300
Linda has 2 bags of groceries. Each grocery bag has 3 boxes of pencils with 4 pencils in each box. How many pencils does she have in all?
2 x 3 x 4 = 24
400
What is the missing factor?5x(3x8)=(__x3)x8
5
400
Use the commutative property to change the order of the factors and fill in the missing numbers.
2 x 8 = ___ x 2
____= 16
2 x 8 = 8 x 2
16 = 16
400
What is the multiplication property called that states "you can change the order of the factors and the product will stay the same"?
Commutative Property of Multiplication
400
A bookstore has books displayed on 3 shelves. Each shelf has two boxes. Each box has 6 books in it. How many books are displayed in all?
Write an expression and find the product.
3 x 2 x 6 = 36
500
What is the missing factor?
(2 x 3) x 4 = 2 x (__ x 4)
The missing factor is 3.
500
Use the commutative property of multiplication to find two expressions that can be used to find the total number of stickers in the array below. EXTRA POINT: find the product.
7 x 8 = 56
8 x 7 = 56
500
What is the multiplication property called that states "you can change the grouping of the factors and the product will stay the same"?
Associative Property of Multiplication
500
A school has two classrooms. Each classroom has 5 rows of students. Each row has 3 students. How many students are there in all?
Write an expression and find the product.
2 x 5 x 3 = 30