Story Problems
David bought a jacket and a T-shirt. The jacket cost 4 times as much as the T-shirt. The T-shirt cost $20. How much did the jacket cost?
What is $80?
What is 7x8?
What is 56?
Name two multiples of 4.
Possible answers include: 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40...
There are 40 people going to the party. Each table can fit 5 people. How many tables will they need to fit everyone at the party?
What is 8?
Is the number 21 prime or composite?
Composite. Factors include 1, 21, 3, and 7.
What is 2 times more?
Which two answers are correct?
Marcus has 15 toys cars. That is 3 times as many as his brother Craig. How many toy cars does Craig have?
A) 15 = 3 x c
B) 15 x 3 = c
C) 15 - 3 = c
D) 15 / c = 3
A and D
1, 28, 2, 14, 4, 7
36 / 9 = x
x = 4
Tell me a composite number. How do you know it is composite?
Any number that has factors besides 1 and itself.
Amber bought a pair of shoes and a pair of pants. The shoes cost 3 times as much as the pants. The pants cost $15. How much did the shoes cost?
What is $45?
What is 9x7?
What is 63?
Tell me a number that could have multiples of 28 and 35.
What is 7?
Theo has 50 tea light candles. Madeline has half as many candles as Theo. How many candles does Madeline have?
What is 25?
How do you know if a number is prime?
The only factors are one and itself.
Claudia loves to collect shells. She made 9 groups with 6 large shells in each group. How many large shells did Claudia collect?
Claudia collected 54 shells.
Solve. (5x6) + (6x8) = f
(5x6) = 30
(6x8) = 48
f = 78
Name the first 5 multiples of the number 6.
6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36
72 / 9 = s
What is 8?
Is the number 31 prime or composite? How do you know?
What is prime? Because the only factors are 1 and 31.
Each of the 4 students at the red table has 8 markers. The class has 5 times has many markers as the entire red table. How many markers does the whole class have?
What is 160?
50 x m = 200
What is 4?
What are the factors of the number 36?
1, 36, 2, 18, 4, 9, 6 3, 12
I went to the gas station and bought myself a pack of skittles. There ended up being 42 skittles in the bag. I split the skittles into groups of 7. How many skittles were in each group?
What is 6?
Is the number 76 prime or composite? How do you know?
What is composite? because again, it has more than one factor.