Story Problems
Kenji has 3 containers of strawberries. There are 10 strawberries in each container. How many strawberries does he have in all?
Write an equation and answer it!
3 x 10 = 30
There are 30 strawberries in all.
Write and answer a story problem for 9 divided by 3.
Ex. My dog had 9 puppies. 3 of my friends said they could take some puppies. How many puppies will each friend get if I share them evenly?
3, 6, 9
9 / 3 = 3
Each friend will get 3 puppies.
___ x 4 = 28
40 / __ = 4
10
What is the area of a 5 by 6 rectangle? Show your work.
5 x 6 = 30
30 units2
The store has 50 new books. Abe is putting the books into 5 stacks. How many games are in each stack?
50 / 5 = 10
There are 10 books in each stack.
Write and answer a story problem for 5 x 4.
The grocery store has 5 columns and 4 rows of fruit. How many pieces of fruit do they have?
5, 10, 15, 20
5 x 4 = 20
There are 20 pieces of fruit.
7 x ___ = 42
6
____ / 5 = 7
35
What statements about area are true?
a) If you want to find out how many cups something holds, you measure its area.
b) You can find the area of a chalkboard that is 4 ft. wide by 6 ft. long by multiplying 6 x4.
c) If you want to find out how much space something takes up you measure its area.
d) It would make sense to measure the area of a soccer field in square yards and a lunch box in square inches.
B, C and D.
The store has 8 new stacks of board games. If there are 6 board games in each stack, how many board games are there in all?
Show your work.
8 x 6 = 48
There are 48 board games altogether.
Write and answer a story problem for 56 divided by 8.
Ex. I have 56 stickers and I want to share them with 8 friends. How many stickers will each friend get?
8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56
56 / 8 = 7
Each friend will get 7 stickers.
32 = ___ x 4
8
9 = ___ / 3
27
Find the area of this rectangle. Show your work.
3 x 5 = 15 units2
Our classroom has 5 cartons of tissues. There are 6 boxes of tissues in each carton. Emily took them out of the cartons and put them into 3 equal stacks. How many tissue boxes are in each stack?
Write an equation and solve.
(5 x 6) / 3 =
30 / 3 = 10
There are 10 tissue boxes in each stack.
Write and answer a story problem for 9 x 6.
EX. I have 9 piles of marbles with 6 marbles in each pile. How many marbles do I have in all?
9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54
9 x 6 = 54
I have 54 marbles in all.
(4 x 3) x 2 =
Show your work.
(4 x 3) = 12
12 x 2 = 24
24
(36 / 3) / 2 =
Show all work.
(36 / 3 ) = 12
12 / 2 = 6
6
Find the area of the shaded in rectangle. Show all work.
4 x 7 = 28
28 units2
The game store has 25 new games. Olivia is going to put them on to 5 shelves. How many are going to be on each shelf?
Kenji says you can solve by thinking "5 times what number equals 25" Is he correct?
Solve the equation
Yes, I agree with Kenji because the opposite of division is multiplication so you can use it to a division problem.
25/5 = ?
5 x 5 = 25
There are 25 games in all.
Write and answer a story problem that includes 8 groups and 9.
Ex. I have 8 baskets and 9 apples in each basket. How many apples do I have in all?
8 x 9 = 72
9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72
I have 72 apples in all.
(3 x 3 ) x 0 =
Show all work.
(3 x 3) = 9
9 x 0 = 0
0
( 32 / 4 ) / 4 =
Show all work.
(32 / 4) = 8
8 / 4= 2
2
Find the area of both rectangles in feet. Which rectangle has a greater area? Show all work.
Rectangle a: 8 x 3 = 24 ft2
Rectangle b: 6 x 4 = 24 ft2
They have the same area! =)