Mystery 1
"Groups of"
Inverse Operations
Vocabulary
Mystery Word Problems
100

Ivan has 4 baseball cards. Caleb has 6 times as many. How many cards does Caleb have? 

24 baseball cards 

4 x 6 

100

What multiplication problem represents 6 groups of 9? 

6 x 9 

100

What multiplication fact can help you solve? 

8 divided by 4 = 

2 x 4 = 8

100

What are 2 and 4 called in this problem: 

2 x 4 = 8

Hint: starts with an f 

FACTORS! 

100

One egg carton holds 12 eggs. How many cartons are you able to fill with 60 eggs?

5 cartons 

200

Sophie has 80 stanley cups. Ms. W has 8. How many times as many Stanley cups does Sophie have than Ms. W? 

10 times more

80 divided by 8 is 10 

200

What multiplication problem represents 2 groups of 8?

2 x 8

200

What multiplication fact can help you solve 35 divided by 7? 

7 x 5 = 35

200

What is 10 called in this problem? 

2 x 5 = 10

PRODUCT

200

There are 21 students in Mr. Tentler’s class. The students divided themselves evenly into 3 groups. How many students are in each group?

7 students in each group

300

Navroop has 3 Weigant tickets. Kree has 7 times more. How many Weigant tickets does Kree have? 

21 tickets

3 x 7= 21

300

What multiplication problem does this array represent? 

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2 x 5 = 10

300

What division fact can help you solve 5 x 4 = 20

20 divided by 4 = 5 

300

What are two opposite operations that undo each other called? 

INVERSE OPERATIONS

300

Miranda has 24 CDs in her collection. Of those CDs, 10 are pop CDs. She has 6 more country CDs than jazz CDs. How many country CDs does Miranda have?

She has 10 country CDs and 4 jazz CDs

400

Frankie has 36 birthday candles. Cataleya has 6 birthday candles. How many times more candles does Frankie have than Cataleya? 

6 times more

36 divided by 6 is 6 

400

What multiplication problem does this represent? 

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1 x 7 = 7 

400

What division fact can help you solve 9 x 6 = 54

54 divided by 9 = 6 

400

What are the four mathematical operations? 

Subtraction, addition, multiplication, and division. 

400

A summer camp has divided its campers into 8 groups of 9 campers. How many campers, c,are at the summer camp?

72 campers 

500

Mahmoud has 12 pieces of gum. Devyn has 8 times more. How many pieces of gum does Devyn have? 

96 pieces of gum 

12 x 8= 96

500

What multiplication problem represents 12 groups of 12? 

12 x 12 = 144

500

What division fact can help you solve 5 x 20 = 100

100 divided by 5 equals 20 

500

What are a group of related facts using the same set of numbers called? 

Example: 

6, 2, and 3 

FACT FAMILY 

500

Curt has 12 models in all. Three of the models are airplanes. Curt has 5 more models of cars than boats. How many models of cars does Curt have?

He has 7 models of cars and 2 models of boats. 

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