Basic Multiplication
3 x 5
15
20 ÷ 4
5
Bill has $12 to share equally with his little brother. How much will each of them receive?
$6
Your class is having a pizza party. You buy 50 pizzas. Each pizza has 19 slices. How many slices is that altogether?
Is this a Multiplication or Division problem?
Multiplication
What is the answer to a multiplication problem?
Product
9 x 3
27
36 ÷ 6
6
Juan, Maria, and Stephen each have 6 pencils. How many pencils do they have altogether?
18
Ted has 10 candy bars. He wants to put them into 5 bags and tries to put the same number of candy bars in each bag.
Is this a Multiplication or Division problem?
Division
What is the answer to a division problem?
Quotient
8 x 4
32
48 ÷ 8
6
Darius is packing for a vacation and lays out his shirts in eight equal rows of five shirts each. How many shirts did Darius lay out?
40
A candy store has 6 boxes of chocolates. Each box has 500 pieces.
Is this a Multiplication or Division problem?
Multiplication
7 x 6
Show how to use the distributive property to break apart the 7.
(1 x 6) + (6 x 6) = 42
(2 x 6) + (5 x 6) = 42
(3 x 6) + (4 x 6) = 42
6 x 7
42
63 ÷ 9
7
Alison has 64 plants. She puts the same number of plants in each of 8 rows. How many plants are in each row?
8
You want to share 24 pencils among 6 friends.
Is this a multiplication or division problem?
Division
Compare.
4 x 8 __ 6 x 6
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Less than
8 x 7
56
45 ÷ 5
9
Sam collected 56 bags of cereal for the food pantry. She puts 7 bags in a box. How many boxes can she fill this way?
8
Beth has 4 packs of crayons. Each pack has 10 crayons in it. She also has 6 extra crayons.
This problem has two steps. What are the two types of equations you will have to use to solve this problem?
Multiplication then addition
Three friends combine their money to buy board games. The amount of money that each friend has is $12, $16, and $22. If each board game costs $10, how many board games can they buy?
5