Word Problems
Ms. Rotger has 5 baskets of apples. She places 6 apples in each basket. How many apples does she have altogether?
30 apples
Find the value for a
6 x a = 18
a = 3
72 divided by _____ = 9
8
Ms. Corrado has 40 paperclips. She needs to give each group 5 paper clips. How many groups will get paperclips?
8 groups
b x 6 = 42
Find b
7
The Whelan school has 28 pencils. If they want to give each teacher 4 pencils, how many teachers get pencils?
7
There are 4 teams playing basketball. Each team has 3 basketballs. How many basketballs do they have altogether?
12 basketballs
Find the ? in the following equation
18 divided by ? = 9
? = 2
Find the missing factor
56 = 7 x _____
8
Ms. Lozzi, Ms. Randall, Mrs. Knox, Ms. Leonard and Ms. Mittleman went to the store. They each bought 7 pumpkins. How many pumpkins did they buy in total?
35 pumpkins
What value makes sense for all of the following missing numbers?
4 x ____ = 16
32 divided by _____ = 8
40 = 10 x _____
4
Find b for each of the following
8 x b = 24
35 divided by b = 5
3 and 7
Logan and his five friends went to the store. They bought 36 pokemon cards. If they share the pokemon cards equally. How many cards will each of them get?
6 cards
Find the missing for the following:
15 = 3 x _____
6 = 24 divided by _____
5 and 4
Gracie and two of her dog friends each of 3 dog toys. How many dog toys do they have altogether?
9 dog toys