Multiplication Strategies
Properties of Operations
Word Problems & Real-World Math
Area & Measurement
Data & Scaled Pictographs
100
One box of donuts costs $4. How much will 5 boxes of donuts cost?
$20 ($5 x 4 = 20$)
100
Which property of operations allows you to change the order of the factors without changing the product
Ex: (8 x 2 = 2 x 8)?
The Commutative Property
100
Maya buys 4 packs of juice boxes for a party. Each pack contains 6 juice boxes. How many total juice boxes did Maya buy?
4 x 6 = 24
100
Connie made a rectangular blanket that is 4 feet wide and 8 feet long. What is the area of Connie’s blanket?
32 square feet (4 x 8 = 32)
100
How many pink shirts does Nari have?
6 shirts
200
How can you express the multiplication problem 5 x 7 as repeated addition?
7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 32
200
Which expression has the same value as 7 x 13?
A. (7 x 10) + (7 x 3)
B. (7 + 10) x (7 + 3)
C. (4 x 10) + (3 x 6)
A. (7 x 10) + (7 x 3)
200
A classroom has 5 rows of desks with 6 desks in each row. Write a multiplication equation with a letter for the unknown to show how many desks there are in total, then solve it.
5 x 6 = d
30 desks
200
Charlotte is searching for seashells in a rectangular area that measures 14 feet by 4 feet. What is the total area in square feet?
56 square feet (14 x 4 = 56)
200
How many pants and yellow onesies does Nari have?
7
300
Hayley has 4 boxes of hair bows with 8 hair bows in each box. What multiplication equation represents this, and what is the total number of bows?
4 x 8 = 32 hair bows
300
Which expression is equivalent to (2 x 6) x 8?
A. (2 + 8) x 6
B. 2 x (6 x 8)
C. (2 + 6) x 8
B. 2 x (6 x 8)
300
Marcus has 3 boxes of crayons. Each box has 8 crayons. His sister gives him 2 more boxes of 8 crayons. How many total crayons does Marcus have now?
5 x 8 = 40
300
Jaylen is putting square tile on his kitchen floor. The floor is 7 feet wide and 7 feet long. What is the area of the kitchen?
49 square feet (7 x 7 = 49)
300
How many more cars were in the parking lot on Day 4 than Day 5?
30 cars
400
Write a multiplication equation to represent an array that has 3 rows with 5 hearts in each row.
3 x 5 = 15
400
Use the Distributive Property to break down 6 x 7 into a smaller multiplication expression.
(6 x 5) + (6 x 2)
or
(6 x 3) + (6 x 4)
400
A farmer plants tomato plants in an array with 7 rows and 8 columns. How many tomato plants did the farmer plant in total?
7 x 8 = 56
400
An L-shaped playground is made by joining two non-overlapping rectangles. Rectangle A is 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. Rectangle B is 5 feet long and 4 feet wide. What is the total area of the playground?
38 square feet
400
How many total ice creams are there?
50 ice creams
500
Mrs. Jones placed pencils in pencil boxes. If each box holds 8 pencils, write an equation to find the total number of pencils if she has 4 boxes.
4 x 8 =32
500
Connor says 8 x 2 = 2 x 8. Explain why Connor is correct.
He is correct because of the Commutative Property—you can multiply factors in any order and get the same product.
500
Elijah needs 60 party favors. Favors come in bags of 10. He buys 4 bags. Does Elijah have enough party favors?
No, he does not have enough. He has 40 favors (4 x 10 = 40).
500
Mr. Silver built an L-shaped desk. One section is 3 units by 4 units, and the other section is 2 units by 5 units. What is the total area of the desk?
22 square units
500
If a key in a pictograph shows that 1 book symbol equals 8 books, how many books does a half-book symbol represent?
4 books